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PAUL     JONES 


CONTEMPORARY    ACCOUNTS 
AND       BIBLIOGRAPHY 


PAUL   JONES 

FROM     A     WAX     MEDALLION 
PORTRAIT     SIGNED        W      S 
1798 


PAUL  JONES 

HIS  EXPLOITS  IN  ENGLISH  SEAS 
DURING  1778-1780 

CONTEMPORARY   ACCOUNTS    COLLECTED 
FROM    ENGLISH    NEWSPAPERS 

WITH 

A     COMPLETE     BIBLIOGRAPHY 

BY 

DON   C.  SEITZ 


NEW  YORK 

E.  P.  DUTTON  AND  COMPANY 

68l  FIFTH  AVENUE 


COPYRIGHT,   191 7, 
By  E.  p.  button  b-  CO. 


printed  in  the  United  States  of  TJmerica 


TO 

CHARLES  H.  TAYLOR,  Jr. 


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You  have  heard  o'  Paul  Jones  ? 
Have  you  not  ?     Have  you  not  ? 
And  you've  heard  o'  Paul  Jones? 
Have  you  not? 

— Old  Song. 


CONTENTS 

PAUL  JONES:   CONTEMPORARY  ACCOUNTS 

PAGE 

Foreword: ix 

The  Cruise  of  the  "Ranger" i 

The  "Bon  Homme"  Squadron  IN  British  Seas       .  27 

The  Taking  of  the  "Serapis" 39 

The  Vain  Pursuit        59 

Some  Sarcasm 73 

The  Alarm  on  the  Coast 79 

Safe  in  Holland 85 

Captain  Pearson's  Story  of  his  Defeat  in  the 

"Serapis" 91 

Aftermath *  103 

In  THE  TeXEL Ill 

Jones'  Letter  in  the  "Leyden  Gazette"  .      .      .  133 

Under  Way  Again 139 

Last  Rumors 149 

An  Anecdote 155 

Farewell  to  English  Seas 161 

BIBLIOGRAPHY 165 


FOREWORD 


FOREWORD 

John  Paul  Jones  has  received  a  liberal  share  of 
historical  attention,  as  the  bibliography  which  forms  a 
large  part  of  this  volume  shows,  since  he  "stepped  forth 
as  a  free  citizen  of  the  world,  in  defence  of  the  violated 
rights  of  mankind."  Research  and  romance  have 
alike  combined  to  exalt  and  immortalize  his  fame. 
Coming  into  possession  not  long  ago  of  the  files  of 
the  London  daily  newspapers  for  1778- 1779,  I  was 
struck  with  the  fine  English  and  clear  statements  of 
the  writers  of  the  day  in  recording  the  exploits  of 
the  naval  adventurer,  and  conceived  the  notion  that  if 
these  were  aligned  they  would  form  a  better  record  of 
the  two  campaigns  than  that  furnished  by  any  his- 
torian.    So  I  have  ventured  to  put  them  together. 

The  modern  newspaper  has  little  time  for  the  accu- 
rate adjustment  of  news  value.  Exploration  of  the 
files  for  the  establishment  of  basic  facts  is  one  of  the 
sorest  trials  of  the  writers  of  history,  because  there  is 
so  much  rumor,  so  much  "spreading,"  so  much  desire 
to  make  the  most  of  passing  interest,  and  so  great  a 
tendency  to  prefer  anticipation  to  conclusion.  Besides, 
few  events  are  complete  in  themselves  and  must  be 
judged  by  their  ultimate,  and  often  remote,  results, 
suggesting  a  rather  necessary  "bull,"  to  wit :  that  many 


X  FOREWORD 

things  do  not  become  important  until  long  after  they 
have  happened. 

The  accounts  here  given,  it  will  be  noted,  are  to 
the  point.  There  is  no  waste  of  words  or  embellish- 
ment of  facts.  The  reader  is  told  what  happened,  and 
where  it  occurred.  The  reports  are  graphic  in  their 
simplicity,  and  dramatic  in  directness.  The  Ranger 
comes  to  British  seas  as  she  should,  swiftly  and  with 
due  mystery,  kindling  a  deserved  alarm !  The  desert- 
ers who  drift  ashore  in  the  mist  at  Tralee  give  the 
first  warning  that  the  squadron  of  1779  is  at  sea.  The 
taking  of  the  Scrapis  reveals  how  few  words  are 
needed  to  tell  a  story  that  must  live  forever!  Coming 
now  to  the  Bibliographical  part  of  this  volume,  the 
collection  of  a  rather  complete  library  of  books  con- 
cerning the  great  captain  inspired  research,  the  results 
of  which  I  hope  will  have  some  value.  The  Commo- 
dore, as  I  prefer  to  call  him,  using  his  American  title, 
rather  than  the  Russian  one  of  Rear-Admiral,  was 
handy  with  the  pen  and  was  his  own  best  biographer. 
He  prepared  with  pains  a  "Journal  for  the  King,"  to 
be  read  by  Louis  XVI,  setting  forth  his  services  in  no 
uncertain  style.     This  work  he  gave  the  title : 

"Extrait  du  Journal  de  mes  Campagnes,  ou  j 'expose 
mes  principaux  Services  et  rappelle  quelques  circon- 
stances  de  ce  qui  m'est  arrive  de  plus  remarquable 
pendant  le  cours  de  la  Revolution  Americaine,  particu- 
lierement  en  Europe." 

It  bears  date  of  January,  1786.  The  "Jo^i^riar'  never 


FOREWORD  xi 

saw  print  in  form,  but  MS.  copies  survive,  one  being 
now  in  the  Library  of  Congress.  From  this  Benoit 
Andre,  who  was  for  a  time  his  secretary,  prepared 
and  pubHshed  in  1798,  the  sixth  year  of  the  Repub- 
lic, amid  whose  beginnings  the  Commodore  died, 
"Memoires  de  Paul  Jones."  Andre  says  four  copies 
were  prepared,  one  for  the  King,  one  for  M.  De  Cas- 
tries, one  for  the  Count  De  Vergennes,  and  presumabl}^ 
one  for  retention  by  the  author.  The  copy  preserved 
with  the  Jones  correspondence  and  manuscripts  in  the 
Library  of  Congress  at  Washington  is  bound  in  full 
morocco  and  is  stamped  with  the  royal  arms  of 
France.  It  contains  besides  the  "Journal"  a  copy  of  the 
letter  sent  the  King  when  the  volume  was  transmitted 
and  45  letters  and  documents  appertaining  to  the  Com- 
modore's career  in  Europe  and  America. 

The  citizen  Andre  justly  exalted  his  subject,  but 
for  all  his  exploits  no  chronicle  in  English  was  written 
for  more  than  30  years  after  his  death.  The  Chap 
Book  writers  busied  themselves  in  many  editions,  fast 
upon  his  decease,  as  a  pirate  and  renegade,  but  no 
serious  effort  appeared  until  John  Henry  Sherburne, 
Register  of  the  Navy  of  the  United  States,  produced 
his  "Life  and  Character  of  the  Chevalier  John  Paul 
Jones,"  in  1825.  C.  W.  Peale  furnished  the  portrait 
which  forms  the  frontispiece,  and  Rawdon,  Clark  & 
Co.,  of  Albany,  engraved  the  plate.  Thomas  Jeffer- 
son and  the  Marquis  de  Lafayette  aided  him  with 
letters   and   papers,   but  much   material   reached   his 


xii  FOREWORD 

hands  in  the  fashion  thus  described  in  the  preface  of 
the  work : 

"The  reader  will  doubtless  be  curious  to  know  in 
what  manner,  after  a  lapse  of  so  many  years,  the 
original  papers  of  the  Chevalier  Paul  Jones  came  into 
the  possession  of  the  author,  who  has  no  hesitation  in 
explaining  the  source  whence  he  obtained  them.  Hav- 
ing announced  to  the  public  his  intention  of  publishing 
a  life  of  the  Chevalier,  the  author  was  written  to  by 
Mr.  George  A.  Ward,  of  New  York,  stating  that 
accident  had  thrown  the  manuscripts  in  question  into 
his  hands.  They  had  formerly  been  in  the  custody  of 
the  late  Robert  Hyslop,  Esq.,  of  that  city;  and  had 
subsequently  lain  as  useless  rubbish  in  the  apartment 
of  a  shop-keeper  or  tradesman  there,  from  whom  Mr. 
Ward  procured  them,  his  attention  having  been  first 
attracted  to  them  by  his  having  seen  the  signature 
of  Jones,  at,  or  through  a  window.  That  no  sus- 
picion might  arise  as  to  their  genuineness,  those  of  the 
letters  which  had  been  addressed  to  General  La  Fayette, 
were  submitted  to  the  inspection  of  that  illustrious 
parsonage  at  the  City  of  Washington,  who  has  recog- 
nized in  his  own  handwriting  the  fact  of  his  having 
received  them." 

The  window  through  which  Mr.  Ward  caught  his 
glimpse  of  Paul  Jones'  signature  was  that  of  a  Cherry 
Street  baker's  shop,  where  the  documents  lodged  by 
this  strange  chance: 


FOREWORD  xiii 

When  the  Commodore  departed  from  America  at 
the  end  of  the  war  in  1783,  to  become  our  agent  for 
prize-money  in  Europe,  he  left  some  of  his  log-books, 
account  books  and  letters  with  John  Ross,  of  Phil- 
adelphia, who  looked  out  for  his  interests  in  this 
country.  Some  time  following  his  death  his  sisters  in 
Scotland  transferred  these  items  to  Robert  Hyslop,  of 
New  York,  probably  with  the  view  of  utilizing  them 
as  evidence  in  prosecuting  the  claims  of  the  heirs 
against  the  United  States.  Mr.  Hyslop  received  and 
receipted  for  them  on  August  10,  1797.  He  died  of 
yellow  fever  before  accomplishing  anything  with  the 
claims,  leaving  his  affairs  with  John  Hyslop,  his 
cousin,  a  baker,  as  executor.  John  Hyslop  died  leav- 
ing both  his  own  and  his  deceased  cousin's  affairs  in 
confusion.  The  bakery  was  sold  to  one  Harding,  and 
it  was  he  who  put  the  Jones  papers  in  the  window 
where  Mr.  Ward  found  them.  Many  important  items 
had  been  sold.  These  certainly  included  the  original 
log-books  of  the  Ranger  and  the  Bon  Homme  RicJmrd 
covering  the  famous  campaigns  of  1778- 1779,  chron- 
icled in  this  volume.  They  were  bought  from  Harding 
by  Captain  Boyd,  of  Greenock,  Scotland,  in  1824.  He 
is  credited  previous  to  1830  with  possessing  the  Ranger 
log,  while  George  Napier,  of  Edinburgh,  owned  that 
of  the  Bon  Homme  Richard.  It  is  recorded  that  on 
March  17,  1830,  William  John,  ninth  Lord  Napier, 
presented  both  logs  to  Lady  Isabella  Helen  Douglas, 
daughter  of  the  Fifth  Earl  of  Selkirk,  and  they  are 


xiv  FOREWORD 

now  supposed  to  be  preserved  among  the  family 
papers  of  the  Selkirks,  who  were  placed  In  Paul  Jones' 
share  of  history  by  the  celebrated  raid  on  the  Selkirk 
seat  at  St.  Mary's  Isle.  Copies  of  both  records  are  in 
the  library  of  the  Navy  Department  at  Washington. 

Mr.  Sherburne's  book  was  rather  a  jumble  of  docu- 
ments than  a  connected,  well-made  biography.  The 
volume  attracted  attention  from  the  merit  of  its  orig- 
inal material,  including  as  it  did  much  direct  from  the 
hand  of  the  Commodore.  Sherburne  sent  a  manu- 
script copy  of  his  book  to  John  Murray,  the  London 
publisher,  out  of  which  Benjamin  Disraeli,  in  his 
literary  youth,  compressed  a  small  volume,  with  an 
introduction  of  his  own,  published  in  the  same  year, 
1825.  Sherburne's  own  edition  was  revised  and  re- 
issued in  New  York  in  1851. 

The  papers  rescued  by  Mr.  Ward  ultimately  found 
their  way  into  the  collection  of  Peter  Force,  and  now 
repose  in  the  Library  of  Congress. 

In  1830  there  appeared  in  Edinburgh  a  well-edited 
and  intelligently  prepared  work  compiled,  it  is  believed, 
by  Sir  John  Malcom,  in  two  i2mo.  volumes,  of 
"Memoirs  of  Rear-Admiral  Paul  Jones,"  compiled 
from  "original  journals  and  correspondence,"  de- 
scribed by  the  editor  as  follows : 

"By  his  will,  dated  at  Paris  on  the  day  of  his  death, 
Paul  Jones  left  his  property  and  effects  of  all  kinds  to 
his   sisters   in    Scotland   and    their    children.     Imme- 


FOREWORD  XV 

diately  on  his  decease  a  regular,  or  rather  an  official 
inventory  was  made  of  his  vokiminous  papers,  which 
were  sealed  up  with  his  other  effects,  till  brought  to 
Scotland  by  his  eldest  sister,  Mrs.  Taylor,  a  few 
months  after  his  death.  They  have  ever  since  re- 
mained in  the  custody  of  his  family,  and  are  now,  by 
inheritance,  become  the  property  of  his  niece,  Miss 
Taylor,  of  Dumfries.  They  consist  of  several  bound 
folio  volumes  of  letters  and  documents,  which  are 
officially  authenticated,  so  far  as  they  are  public 
papers,  and  many  private  communications,  originating 
in  his  widely  diffused  correspondence  in  France,  Hol- 
land, America,  and  other  quarters.  There  is,  in 
addition  to  these,  a  collection  of  writings  of  the  mis- 
cellaneous kind  likely  to  be  accumulated  by  a  man  of 
active  habits,  who  had  for  many  years  mingled  both  in 
the  political  and  fashionable  circles  wherever  he 
chanced  to  be  thrown. 

"The  Journal  of  the  Campaign  of  1788,  against  the 
Turks,  forms  of  itself  a  thick  MS.  bound  volume. 
This  Journal  was  drawn  up  by  Paul  Jones  for  the 
perusal  of  the  Empress  Catherine  II,  and  was  intended 
for  publication  if  the  Russian  government  failed  to  do 
him  justice.  He  felt  that  it  totally  failed,  but  death 
anticipated  his  long  contemplated  purposes.  To  this 
Journal,  Mr.  Eton,  in  his  survey  of  the  Turkish  em- 
pire, refers,  as  having  been  seen  by  him.  It  was, 
however,  only  the  official  report,  transmitted  by  Paul 
Jones  to  the  Admiralty  of  the  Black   Sea  that  this 


xvi  FOREWORD 

gentleman  could  have  seen.  This  singular  narrative, 
which  so  confidently  gives  the  lie  to  all  the  Russian 
statements  of  that  momentous  campaign,  is  written 
in  French." 

The  Edinburgh  volume  left  out  much  of  the  text 
of  the  documents  where  the  details  were  technical, 
and  cut  the  official  correspondence.  The  documents, 
known  generally  as  "Pieces  Justificatives,"  are  fre- 
quently alluded  to,  and  were  prepared  by  Jones  with 
great  care  for  the  purpose  implied  in  the  title.  There 
were  in  all  ninety-three  of  these  "Pieces"  forming 
an  appendix  to  the  MS.  which  bore  the  title  "Journal 
of  the  Campaign  of  the  Liman,"  and  is  used  extensively 
in  the  "Memoirs."  This  MS.  volume  was  written  by 
Jones  between  1788  and  1792,  and,  as  noted,  failed  of 
publication  because  of  his  death  in  the  latter  year. 

After  the  completion  of  the  Edinburgh  book  Miss 
Taylor  came  to  America,  to  press  her  claim  for  moneys 
due  her  uncle  from  the  United  States  government, 
bringing  wnth  her  this  "Journal"  with  its  "Pieces 
Justificatives"  and  the  other  Paul  Jones  letters  and 
documents.  She  placed  the  papers  in  the  hands  of 
Robert  C.  Sands,  who  produced  from  them  and  the 
Sherburne  "Life,"  a  rather  hurried  and  florid  volume 
termed  "Life  and  Correspondence  of  John  Paul  Jones, 
including  his  narrative  of  the  Campaign  of  the  Li- 
man." The  frontispiece  portrait  of  this  volume  was 
engraved  by  J.  W.  Paradise,  presumably  from  some 


FOREWORD  xvii 

picture  furnished  by  Miss  Taylor.  It  shows  a  face 
much  older  than  those  of  the  well-known  miniatures. 

Mr.  Sands'  book  was  issued  in  late  1830,  his  preface 
bearing:  date  of  September  23.  It  was  reissued  under 
the  imprint  of  N.  B.  Parsons,  Boston,  1855.  The 
original  letters  and  documents  left  with  Mr.  Sands 
vanished  and  have  never  been  traced.  In  his  preface 
Mr.  Sands  says :  "Ten  years  ago,  a  large  quantity 
of  original  papers  belonging  to  the  legatees  of  Paul 
Jones,  were  sent  to  this  country  with  a  view  to  their 
being  properly  connected  and  published.  They  were 
submitted  to  the  Historical  Society  of  New  York. 
The  committee  who  examined  them,  found  they  were 
valuable  and  interesting;  but  circumstances  prevented 
their  publication  at  the  time.  Mr.  Sherburne, 
Register  of  the  United  States  Navy,  opened  a  cor- 
respondence with  the  owners  of  these  documents,  as 
the  Editor  of  the  present  work  is  informed,  with  a 
view  of  preparing  a  life  of  Jones,  but  the  negotiations 
failed." 

Mr.  Hyslop  is  variously  described  as  a  merchant,  a 
family  friend,  with  whom  Paul  Jones  resided  when  in 
New  York  in  1787,  while  vainly  striving  to  secure 
some  of  his  long-withheld  prize  money,  and  as  a 
solicitor  engaged  by  the  heirs  to  recover  the  cash  in 
question.  It  is  possible  he  was  all  three,  and  that  in 
addition  to  securing  the  papers  held  by  Ross  in  Phil- 
adelphia he  might  well  have  had  others  sent  him  from 
Scotland  to  reinforce  the  case  on  behalf  of  the  heirs. 


xviii  FOREWORD 

That  his  brother  might  have  offered  the  collection  to 
the  Historical  Society  is  more  than  probable.  It  is 
equally  reasonable  that  a  selection  might  have  been 
sent  over  for  direct  submission  to  the  Historical 
Society. 

Captain  John  S.  Barnes  in  his  introduction  to  the 
"Logs  of  the  Serapis-Alliance-Aricl,"  kept  in  the  same 
blank-book  by  Midshipman  Beaumont  Groube,  and 
published  by  the  Naval  History  Society  in  1910,  men- 
tions the  fact  that  the  Log  of  the  Serapis  was  in  1830 
"in  the  possession  of  Mr.  Richard  Napier,  Advocate/' 
his  authority  being  a  foot-note  in  the  Edinburgh 
"Memoirs."  As  we  have  shown,  the  logs  of  the 
Ranger  and  Bon  Homme  Richard  were  rescued  from 
the  Hyslop  budget,  one  going  to  George  Napier,  of 
Edinburgh.  That  of  the  Serapis  was  probably  taken 
back  with  the  others  by  Captain  Boyd  of  Greenock,  as 
part  of  his  retrieval  from  Harding,  the  baker,  and  sold 
to  the  second  Napier.  Richard  Dale  had  it  in  his 
possession  in  1782,  but  it  could  readily  have  been  re- 
turned by  him  to  Jones  and  so  found  its  way  via  Ross 
to  Hyslop  and  thence  by  the  Harding-Boyd  route 
back  to  Edinburgh,  in  time  to  be  secured  by  Captain 
Barnes,  and  now  by  his  will  the  property  of  the  Naval 
History  Society. 

A  draft  of  the  "Journal  for  the  King"  was  included 
in  the  Sands  collection.  A  copy  of  the  "Pieces  Justi- 
ficatives"  still  exists.  In  1907  Gen.  Lawrence  and 
Charles  T.  Gallagher,  of  Boston,  purchased  it  from 


FOREWORD  xix 

Madame  Gombault,  the  grand  niece  of  Paul  Jones, 
then  Hving  in  Paris,  and  presented  it  to  the  Boston 
Public  Library. 

The  next  biographer  to  attempt  the  task  of  telling 
the  Commodore's  life  history  was  Alexander  Slidell 
Mackenzie,  who  later,  as  Captain  of  the  U.  S.  brig  of 
war  Soincrs,  became  involved  in  the  famous  mutiny. 
Southern  born  as  Alexander  Slidell,  brother  of  John 
Slidell,  the  Confederate  Commissioner  who  was 
taken  off  the  English  mail  steamer  Trent  by  Capt. 
Charles  Wilkes,  U.  S.  N.,  and  became  an  international 
complication,  he  added  the  name  of  a  rich  northern 
relative  to  his  own  and  keeps  his  place  in  history  as 
Mackenzie.  He  visited  the  Jones  neighborhood  in 
Scotland  and  his  two  volumes  appeared  in  1841. 
Rather  high-keyed  and  over-eulogistic,  it  is  still  a  book 
of  interest  and  value. 

In  1845  the  Edinburgh  "Memoirs"  were  issued  by 
Walker  &  Gillis,  in  Philadelphia,  with  elaborate  illus- 
trations by  James  Hamilton,  under  copyright  of 
Benjamin  Walker.  This  ran  through  many  editions 
under  various  Philadelphia  imprints. 

Some  minor  "Lives"  of  little  note  followed,  but 
interest  in  Jones'  fame  kept  itself  alive  in  the  growing 
crop  of  histories  and  biographies ;  the  papers  of  the 
great  leaders  of  the  Revolution  and  government  com- 
pilations. In  1900  Augustus  C.  Buell,  of  Philadelphia, 
produced  what  promised  to  be  a  definite  life  of  the 
Commodore,  in  two  volumes,  published  in  New  York, 


XX  FOREWORD 

by  Charles  Scribner's  Sons.  He  hailed  Jones  as  the 
"Father  of  the  American  Navy,"  and  the  work  at- 
tracted wide  attention.  The  critics  fell  upon  it  with 
vigor.  Many  of  his  facts  were  called  fiction.  Buell, 
who  was  an  employe  in  a  responsible  position  with 
the  Cramp  Ship-Building  Company,  as  long  as  he 
lived,  declined  to  answer  his  critics,  taking  the  lofty 
Oriental  ground  that  what  was  written  was  written! 
On  that  he  stood.  In  1905  the  two  volumes  were  re- 
issued with  an  added  chapter  by  Gen.  Horace  Porter 
describing  his  long  search  for  and  discovery  of  Com- 
modore Jones'  body  in  the  hidden  Cemetery  of  the 
Protestants  in  Paris. 

The  recovery  of  Paul  Jones'  body  and  its  removal 
to  the  United  States  for  final  rest  in  the  crypt  of  the 
Chapel  at  the  Annapolis  Naval  Academy  revived  na- 
tional interest  in  his  fame.  A  flood  of  periodical  and 
newspaper  writing  followed. 

In  19 1 3  Mrs.  Reginald  De  Koven  published  "The 
Life  and  Letters  of  John  Paul  Jones,"  through  Charles 
Scribner's  Sons,  in  two  volumes.  This  work  repre- 
sents careful  study,  the  correcting  of  many  errors, 
and  the  gathering  of  much  new  material. 

Beyond  the  thrilling  chap-books,  the  Commodore's 
career  inspired  considerable  fiction.  Scott  and 
Cooper  felt  his  impulse;  Dumas  wrote  one  of  his 
legion  of  works  in  the  name  of  "Paul  Jones."  Pierce 
Egan,  the  younger,  turned  out  a  "Paul  Pones"  romance 
in  two  volumes,   now  rare,   and  Allan  Cunningham 


FOREWORD  xxi 

spread  his  fame  over  three.  Cunningham  pubHshed 
his  "Romance"  in  Edinburgh,  1826,  which  probably 
explains  that  date  for  a  "Life"  noted  in  Buell's 
Bibliography — the  cause  of  a  long  and  fruitless 
searching  before  this  explanation  dawned  on  the 
explorer. 

The  frontispiece  is  from  a  relief  portrait  in  red 
wax,  inscribed  "Paul  Jones,  A.S.  1798,"  the  authen- 
ticity of  which  cannot  be  vouched  for.  The  date  is 
six  years  after  the  Commodore's  death.  It  was  found 
in  a  London  book-stall,  where  it  had  been  sold  to  the 
dealer  a  few  hours  before,  by  my  late  friend,  John  J. 
Jennings,  in  1907,  and  purchased  for  my  account.  The 
hair,  it  will  be  noted,  is  dressed  in  rolls,  as  in  the  wax 
medallion  sent  by  Jones  in  1786  to  Mrs.  Belches,  of 
Scotland,  now  in  the  National  Museum  of  Antiquities 
at  Edinburgh.  This  medallion  is  in  full  profile,  while 
the  portrait  here  given  is  a  three-quarter  view.  The 
coat  is  civilian,  while  that  in  the  Belches  specimen  is 
full  uniform.  I  reproduce  it  for  whatever  value  it 
may  have  to  the  curious,  in  the  thought  that  the  pub- 
licity may  lead  to  some  discovery  of  its  hi-story. 

D.  C  S. 
Cos  Cob,  Conn.,  May  i,  1917. 


THE  CRUISE  OF  THE  RANGER 


THE  CRUISE  OF  THE  RANGER 

"The  Morning  Post  and  Daily  Advertiser,"  April  28, 
1778. 

[From  the  Cumberland  Packet  Extraordinary.     Whitehaven.] 

Late  last  night  or  early  this  morning  a  number  of 
armed  men  (to  the  amount  of  30)  landed  at  this  place, 
by  two  boats  from  an  American  privateer,  as  appears 
from  one  of  the  people  now  in  custody.  Whether  he  was 
left  through  accident  or  escaped  by  design  is  yet  uncer- 
tain. 

This  much  has  however  been  proved,  that  a  little  after 
3  o'clock  this  morning  he  rapped  at  several  doors  in  Marl- 
borough Street  (adjoining  one  of  the  piers)  and  in- 
formed them  that  fire  had  been  set  to  one  of  the  ships  in 
the  harbour,  matches  were  laid  in  several  others;  the 
whole  world  would  be  soon  in  a  blaze,  and  the  town  also 
destroyed;  that  he  was  one  belonging  to  the  privateer, 
but  had  escaped  for  the  purpose  of  saving  the  town  and 
shipping  from  further  destruction. 

An  alarm  was  immediately  spread,  and  his  account 
proved  too  true.  The  Thomson,  Captain  Richard  John- 
son, a  new  vessel  and  one  of  the  finest  ever  built  here,  was 
a  flame.  It  was  low  water,  consequently  all  the  shipping 
in  port  was  in  the  most  imminent  danger  and  the  vessel 
on  which  they  had  begun  the  diabolical  work,  lying  close 
to  one  of  the  steaths,  there  was  the  greatest  reason  to 
fear  that  the  flames  would,  from  it,  soon  be  communicated 
to  the  town.     The  scene  was  too  horrible  to  admit  of 


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any  further  description ;  we  shall  therefore  only  add  to 
this  part  of  this  alarming  story,  that,  by  an  uncommon 
exertion,  the  fire  was  extinguished  before  it  reached 
the  rigging  of  the  ship,  and  thus  in  a  providential  manner, 
prevented  all  the  dreadful  consequences  which  might  have 
ensued. 

The  man  who  remained  on  shore  was  examined  by  the 
magistrates,  merchants,  etc.,  about  eight  o'clock  this 
morning.     The  following  is  the  purport  of  his  affidavit : 

"The  Ranger  privateer  is  commanded  by  John  Paul 
Jones,  fitted  out  at  Piscataqua  in  New  England,  mounted 
i8  six-pounders,  and  6  swivels,  but  is  pierced  for  twenty 
guns.  She  has  on  board  between  140  and  150  men; 
sailed  from  Piscataqua  for  Brest  the  ist.  of  November, 
1777,  arrived  at  Nantz  the  2nd  of  December.  Took  in 
the  passage  two  brigs,  one  commanded  by  Capt.  Richards, 
the  other  by  Capt.  Goldfinch. 

"Sailed  from  Nantz  for  Quiberon  Bay,  lay  there  about 
three  weeks  ago  in  which  time  she  has  taken  one  ship 
from  London  (having  on  board  General  Irwin's  baggage) 
and  sent  her  to  Brest,  She  also  took  and  sunk  a  brig 
loaden  with  flax-seed,  a  schooner  with  barley  and  oats, 
and  a  sloop  from  Dublin  to  London  in  ballast. 

"On  Sunday,  or  Monday  night,  from  the  intelligence 
she  gained  by  a  fishing  boat,  she  sailed  into  Belfast  Lough, 
with  an  intent  to  attack  an  armed  vessel  (the  Drake  sloop 
of  war)  stood  within  half  gun  shot  of  her,  hailed  her,  and 
then  stood  out  again." 

David  Freeman,  the  person  who  was  examined,  and 
gave  the  above  information,  says,  that  the  name  of  the 
Commander  is  John  Paul  Jones,  the  First  Lieutenant 
Thompson  Simpson,  Second  Lieutenant  Elisha  Hall, 
Sailingmaster  David  Cullen,  Lieutenant  of  Marines,  Sam- 
uel Willingford. 


CONTEMPORARY  ACCOUNTS  5 

The  above  John  Paul  Jones,  ahas  John  Paul,  it  further 
appears,  served  his  apprenticeship  to  the  sea  in  a  vessel 
called  the  Friendship,  belonging  to  this  port,  was  after- 
wards in  the  employ  of  some  merchants  here,  latterly  had 
a  brig  out  of  Kirkcudbright,  and  is  well  known  by  many 
people  in  this  town.  David  Freeman,  it  is  said,  has  also 
declared,  that  the  said  Paul  Jones  commanded  the  party 
which  landed  here  this  morning  and  was  himself  on 
shore. 

While  this  infernal  business  was  transacting,  the  ship 
laid  to  with  her  head  to  the  Northward,  distant  about  two 
miles,  until  the  boats  put  off  to  go  on  board,  which  was 
between  three  and  four  o'clock.  By  this  time  some  of 
the  guns  at  the  Half-moon  battery  were  loaded,  two  of 
which  were  fired  at  the  boats,  but  without  the  desired 
effect.  The  boats  then  fired  their  signal  guns  and  the  ship 
immediately  tacked  and  stood  towards  them  till  they  got 
along  aside ;  and  then  made  sail  to  the  North  Westward. 

The  incendiaries  had  spiked  most  of  the  guns  of  both 
our  batteries,  several  matches  were  found  on  board  dif- 
ferent vessels,  and  other  combustible  matter  in  different 
parts  of  the  harbour. 

It  appears  that  this  infernal  plan,  unprecedented  except 
in  the  annals  of  John  the  Painter,  was  laid  at  Brest, 
where  for  a  considerable  sum  of  money.  Paid  or  Jones, 
(the  latter  is  only  an  addition  to  his  name)  engaged  to 
burn  the  shipping  and  town  of  Whitehaven ;  for  which 
purpose  he  was  convoyed  through  the  channel  by  a 
French  frigate  of  38  guns. 

A  number  of  expresses  have  been  dispatched  to  all  the 
capital  sea-ports  in  the  kingdom  where  any  depredations 
are  likely  to  be  made ;  all  strangers  in  this  town  are,  by 
an  order  of  the  magistrate,  to  be  secured  and  examined : 
similar  notices  have  been  forwarded  through  the  country, 


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etc.,  and  in  short,  every  caution  taken  that  the  present 
alarming  affair  could  suggest. 

The  privateer  is  the  same  ship  which  chased  the  Hussar 
cruiser  last  week,  but  the  cutter  or  smack,  did  not  belong 
to  her. 

They  took  three  people  away  with  them,  and  staid  some 
time  in  a  public  house  on  the  Old  Quay. 

The  Hussar,  Capt.  Gurley  and  other  vessels,  are  sent 
to  different  ports  in  Ireland  express  with  the  news. 

There  has  been  almost  a  continual  meeting  at  Haile's 
coffee-room  to-day ;  a  number  of  men  are  raising  for  the 
defence  of  the  town  by  subscription,  and  the  forts,  guns, 
etc.,  it  is  expected  will  now  be  put  into  proper  condition. 

The  Cumberland  Chronicle  Extraordinary  states  it  as 
follozus:  Whitehaven,  April  23,  1778. — On  Saturday 
last  the  Hussar  armed  wherry,  Capt.  Gurley,  belonging  to 
this  Custom-House  being  on  a  cruize,  the  Point  of  Air 
bearing  E.S.E.  distance  about  two  leagues,  at  10  A.  M. 
saw  two  sail  to  the  northward,  one  a  large  ship  and  the 
other  a  cutter.  Captain  Gurley,  supposing  the  cutter  to 
be  a  smuggler,  made  sail  after  her,  on  which  she  bore 
away  for  the  Scotch  shore.  The  large  ship  perceiving 
the  Hussar  in  chace  of  the  cutter,  bore  down  upon  her, 
about  one  o'clock  and  keeping  to  the  windward  of  Mr. 
Gurley,  came  within  hail,  and  asked  from  whence  he 
came,  and  if  he  could  let  him  have  a  pilot.  Mr.  Gurley 
answered  that  "being  on  a  cruize,  he  could  not  spare  one," 
and  asked  from  whence  they  came  and  where  bound, — no 
answer  was  made  to  the  first  question,  but  said  the  vessel 
was  called  the  Molly,  of  Glasgow,  and  that  they  were 
strangers  on  the  coast,  and  again  asked  for  a  pilot.  Mr. 
Gurley  answered  as  before,  and  .was  in  a  threatening 
manner  ordered  to  bring  to  or  they  would  sink  him — in 


CONTEMPORARY  ACCOUNTS  7 

an  instant  the  ports  were  knocked  open,  the  decks  were 
filled  with  men,  and  a  tier  of  guns  run  out,  several  vollies 
of  small  arms  were  then  fired  into  the  Hussar,  and  such 
of  the  great  guns  as  could  be  brought  to  bear  on  her. 
The  Hussar  tacked  several  times,  keeping  as  much  as 
possible  on  the  ship's  quarter,  until  they  got  out  of  the 
reach  of  her  gims ;  they  suffered  much  in  their  sails  and 
rigging,  having  many  shots  through  them,  and  one  shot 
in  her  hull — happily  none  of  the  people  received  the  least 
hurt.  The  Hussar  after  attempting  without  success  to  get 
to  Belfast  Lough,  in  hopes  of  meeting  with  some  of  His 
Majesty's  ships,  bore  away  for  this  port,  where  she  ar- 
rived on  Sunday  morning. 

Various  were  the  conjectures  concerning  the  above 
vessel,  on  Capt.  Gurley's  report ;  but  this  morning,  about 
two  o'clock  twenty  men,  together  with  the  Captain,  landed 
on  the  battlement  near  the  head  of  the  Old  Quay,  from 
a  boat  belonging  to  the  said  vessel  (which  proves  to  be 
the  Ranger  American  privateer  from  Nantz,  then  stand- 
ing off  and  on  about  two  miles  from  this  harbour)  whilst 
another  boat  came  into  the  harbour,  and  landed  ten  men 
at  the  Old  Quay  slip,  when  they  proceeded  to  Nich.  Alli- 
son's, a  public  house  on  the  Old  Quay;  they  made  very 
free  with  the  liquor,  etc.,  and  would  not  permit  any  of 
the  family  to  stir  out ;  after  which  a  party  went  on  board 
the  Tho7npson,  Capt.  Johnston,  a  coal  loaden  vessel  lying 
opposite  to  Allison's,  took  two  boys  out  of  bed  and  set 
her  on  fire.  They  offered  money  to  the  boys  to  induce 
them  to  go  with  them  but  on  their  refusing  they  put  them 
under  guard  on  the  quay,  without  any  covering  other  than 
their  shirts;  having  handkerchiefs  tied  over  their  mouths 
to  prevent  their  crying  out,  at  the  same  time  the  privateer 
people  threatening  to  shoot  them  if  they  made  any  noise 
or  resistance.     Immediately  after  the  alarm  was  effectu- 


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ally  given,  the  fire  engines  were  brought  to  the  Quay,  and 
by  the  vigorous  exertions  of  people  of  all  ranks,  the  fire 
on  board  the  Thompson  was  speedily  extinguished,  with- 
out damaging  any  of  the  vessel;  thus  were  the  malicious 
attempts  of  those  daring  incendiaries  frustrated. 
— Lighted  matches,  made  of  canvas  dipped  in  brimstone, 
had  been  thrown  on  board  several  other  vessels,  but  had 
gone  out  without  having  the  intended  efifect. 

The  privateer's  people  were  all  armed  with  pistols  and 
cutlasses,  and  retired  to  their  boats  about  four  o'clock 
(taking  with  them  two  boys,  one  from  the  Thompson, 
and  the  other  from  the  Saltham).  They  had,  on  their 
first  landing,  spiked  up  several  of  the  cannon,  in  order  to 
secure  their  retreat.  A  number  of  people  flocking  to  the 
forts,  some  shot  were  fired  at  the  boats,  but  without  doing 
any  execution.  After  the  boats  reached  the  privateer, 
she  stood  over  to  the  Scotch  side,  and  as  large  columns 
of  smoke  have  been  seen  on  the  Scotch  shore  this  after- 
noon, it  is  feared  she  has  done  some  mischief  there. 

"Gazetteer  and  New  Daily  Advertiser,"  April  28,  1778. 

Last  Thursday  part  of  the  crew  of  the  American 
Ranger  privateer  landed  near  the  head  of  the  Old  Quay 
at  Whitehaven,  proceeded  to  a  public  house  and  drank 
much  liquor,  then  set  fire  to,  and  greatly  damaged  a  col- 
lier, but  the  fire  was  extinguished ;  they  afterwards  made 
off  for  the  Scots  shore.  One  of  the  crew  was  taken  who 
says  she  mounts  18  six-pounders  and  six  squivels,  and  has 
140  men. 

"Morning  Chronicle  and  London  Advertiser,"  April  29, 

[A  Letter  from  Edinburgh,  April  24.] 
"This  morning  an  express  arrived  to  the  Lord  Provost 
of   Edinburgh   with   the   alarming   intellisfence    that   an 


CONTEMPORARY  ACCOUNTS  9 

American  privateer  had  appeared  off  the  coast  of  Kirk- 
cudbright, and  that  the  crew  had  landed,  and  proceeded 
to  Selkirk  House  which  they  pillaged.  The  following  is  a 
letter  from  one  of  the  magistrates  of  Kirkcudbright,  to 
the  Provost  of  Dumfries,  which  was  brought  by  the 
above  express: 

'Kirkcudbright,  April  2^,  12  o'clock  noon. 
'This  morning  about  12  o'clock  an  American  privateer, 
thought  to  be  about  20  guns,  appeared  in  this  bay,  and  has 
plundered  the  house  of  St.  Mary  Isle,  the  seat  of  the  Earl 
of  Selkirk,  within  a  mile  of  Kirkcudbright,  of  all  the 
silver  plate,  etc.  We  expect  a  visit  from  them  on  the 
return  of  the  tide,  as  they  still  hover  in  our  bay.  We  are 
not  in  a  state  of  defence,  nor  do  we  believe  anything  can 
be  done,  unless  some  of  the  king's  ships  had  notice  of 
them;  If  you  had  any  troops  we  should  be  much  the  bet- 
ter of  them;  but  I  suppose  all  our  injury  will  be  over 
before  you  can  assist  us.  Give  notice  to  any  person  you 
think  in  danger.  The^  vessel  is  three  masted  or  ship 
rigged.     I  am,  Sir, 

'Your  most  obedient  servant, 
'J.  Murdoch. 
'To  the  Provost,  or  any  of  the  Magistrates  of  Dumfries.' 

"Expresses  have  been  sent  with  the  above  intelligence 
to  Glasgow,  London,  Whitehaven  and  Liverpool ;  and  it  is 
believed  the  Thetis  Ship  of  war  is  sailed  from  Greenock 
in  quest  of  the  privateer. 

"The  Earl  of  Selkirk  was  at  London  when  the  rebels 
plundered  his  house,  but  his  lady  and   family  were  at 

home." 

*         *         *         * 

The  audacious  conduct  of  the  crew  of  the  American 
privateer  at  Whitehaven,  and  on  the  coast  of  Scotland, 


lo  PAUL  JONES 

will  have  this  good  effect;  it  will  teach  our  men  of  war 
on  the  coast  station,  and  our  cruizers  in  St.  George's 
channel,  to  keep  a  more  sharp  look  out. 

The  ruinous  state  of  the  fortifications  of  many  of  our 
sea-port  towns,  as  like  wise  the  open  and  defenceless  pos- 
ture of  many  others,  at  present  seems  to  suggest  some 
very  alarming  reflections ;  in  all  places  like  Whitehaven, 
the  want  of  a  necessary  range  of  fortifications  seems 
almost  inexcusable,  especially  as  the  materials  are  in  great 
plenty  at  or  near  the  spot,  labour  cheap,  etc.,  nor  can  the 
plea  of  expense  be  admitted,  as  property  everywhere 
requires  security  in  proportion  to  its  value.  That  we 
were  wont  to  boast  of  the  number  and  strength  of  our 
floating  batteries,  it  is  true,  but  then  as  in  some  cases  sim- 
ilar to  the  above,  the  mischief  is  generally  begun,  or 
compleated  before  the  proper  alarm  can  be  given,  or  the 
necessary  intimation  sent  to  such  shipping  as  are  nearest 
the  scene  of  action. 


"Morning  Chronicle  and  London  Advertiser,"  May  i, 
1778. 

Yesterday  the  report  was  current  on  change  that  the 
Drake  sloop  of  war  of  18  guns,  4  pounders,  had  been 
taken  off  Carrickfergus  by  the  American  privateer,  sup- 
posed to  be  that  which  landed  some  men  at  Whitehaven. 
The  Drake  was  stationed  at  Belfast  for  the  protection  of 
the  trade  and  also  to  receive  impressed  men,  a  number  of 
which  are  said  to  have  been  on  board  her  when  taken  who 
refeused  to  fight;  she  had  also  some  soldiers  who  she  took 
in  at  Carrickfergus  to  serve  as  marines.  It  is  said  she 
went  out  to  meet  the  privateer.  The  Lieutenant  of  the 
sloop  of  war  was  on  shore  and  died  at  Carrickfergus  on 
the  2 1st  inst. 


CONTEMPORARY  ACCOUNTS  ii 

"Gazetteer  and  New  Daily  Advertiser,"  Friday,  May 
I,  1778. 

Extract  of  a  letter  from  Whitehaven  :  "We  are  all  in 
a  bustle  here,  from  the  late  insolent  attack  of  the  provin- 
cial privateer's  men.  I  hope  it  will  rouse  us  from  our 
lethargy.  Every  precaution  is  now  taking  to  give  our 
unnatural  enemies  a  proper  reception,  should  they  pay  us 
another  visit.  Advice  is  this  night  arrived,  that  after 
plundering  Lord  Selkirk's  seat,  they  landed  on  the  Island 
of  Jura,  where  they  committed  many  depredations.  A 
light  collier  just  come  in  from  Dublin,  spoke  with  the 
Thetis  man  of  war  last  night  off  the  Calf  of  Man,  so  that 
I  shall,  in  my  next,  probably  give  a  good  account  of  the 
Ranger's  crew." 

The  following  account  of  the  seizure  of  Lord  Selkirk's 
plate  by  the  crew  of  the  American  privateer  (as  men- 
tioned in  the  first  page  of  this  paper)  is  extracted  from  a 
letter  from  Dumfries  dated  April  24 : — 

"Yesterday  morning,  between  ten  and  eleven  o'clock, 
a  servant  of  Lord  Selkirk's  brought  word  that  the  press 
gang  had  landed  near  the  house.  This  the  party  from 
the  privateer  had  given  out  in  order,  as  they  supposed  to 
get  out  of  the  way  all  the  servants  and  others  who  might 
oppose  them,  all  of  whom  planted  themselves  round  the 
house,  except  three,  who  entered,  each  with  two  horse 
pistols  at  his  side ;  and  with  bayonets  fixed,  they  de- 
manded to  see  the  Lady  of  the  house,  and  upon  appearing, 
told  her  with  a  mixture  of  rudeness  and  civility,  who  they 
were,  and  that  all  the  plate  must  be  delivered  to  them. 
Lady  Selkirk  behaved  with  great  composure  and  presence 
of  mind.  She  soon  directed  her  plate  to  be  delivered, 
with  which,  without  doing  any  other  damage,  or  asking 
for  watches,  jewels  or  anything,  else  (which  is  odd)  the 


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gentlemen  made  off.  Something,  however,  had  been  said 
about  their  return ;  and  the  Kirkcudbright  people  were  in 
expectation  of  a  visit  last  night.  There  is  reason  to  think 
there  were  some  people  among  them  acquainted  with  per- 
sons and  place,  and  in  particular  one  fellow,  supposed  to 
have  been  a  waiter  at  the  inn  at  Kirkcudbright.  The 
leader  of  the  party  who  was  not  the  Captain  of  the  vessel 
told,  that  their  intention  was  to  seize  Lord  Selkirk  who 
is  now  in  London ;  that  two  other  privateers  were  at 
hand ;  and  that  they  had  been  at  Whitehaven,  where  they 
had  burnt  some  vessels,  but  did  not  get  done  what  they 
intended.  When  the  affair  was  ended,  Lady  Selkirk  with 
her  family  and  visitors  left  the  house. 

"Her  ladyship  remained  last  night  at  Carlingw^orth  in 
order  to  be  near  information.  It  is  said  there  are  some 
ships  of  force  at  Belfast." 

"Morning  Chronicle  and  London  Advertiser,"  "Lloyd's 
Evening  Post,"  May  1-4,  1778. 

[From  the  Cumberland  Packet,  April  26,  Whitehaven,  April  28.] 

Last  Thursday,  in  consequence  of  an  alarm  occasioned 
by  the  Ranger  privateer,  Lieut.  Hollingsworth  at  the  re- 
quest of  the  merchants,  took  command  of  the  Hussar, 
James  Gurly,  master,  (a  cruiser  under  the  inspection  of 
Charles  Lutwidge,  Esq.)  with  an  intent  to  dodge  the 
privateer.  She  sailed  about  10  o'clock  in  the  morning, 
two  hours  after  which  she  got  sight  of  the  privateer, 
which  was  then  steering  to  the  north-westward  under  an 
easy  sail,  the  wind  about  N.N.E.  and  moderate  weather. 
They  chaced  her  till  they  came  within  two  or  three  miles, 
spoke  a  boat  and  sent  her  express  to  Kirkcudbright,  to 
alarm  the  coast.  About  four  o'clock  the  ship  brought  to. 
being   then   about   a   league    from    Borough-head.     She 


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several  times  altered  her  position  going  off  and  hauling 
her  wind  occasionally,  which  the  Hussar  observed,  acted 
in  the  same  manner,  being  then  two  or  three  miles  from 
her,  until  about  seven,  when  the  privateer  made  all  the 
sail  she  could  to  the  W.S.W.  At  half  past  nine  the 
cruiser  lost  sight  of  her,  then  tacked  and  stood  for  White- 
haven, not  knowing  (it  being  night)  but  she  might  have 
stood  for  this  place  in  order  to  do  more  damage. 

At  daylight,  perceiving  she  had  not  come  here,  they 
stood  towards  Kirkcudbright,  hoisted  out  the  boat  and 
sent  her  on  shore  to  enquire  if  any  account  had  been 
received  of  her  there.  The  boat  returned  with  intelli- 
gence of  the  pirates  having  landed  about  eleven  o'clock 
in  the  forenoon,  on  St.  Mary's  Isle,  and  plundered  the 
house  of  Lord  Selkirk,  of  plate,  etc.,  to  the  amount  of 
£650. 

Friday  night  the  Hussar  returned  after  looking  into 
Wigton  Bay  fully  satisfied  that  the  privateer  had  steered 
up  the  South  Channel  and  consequently  quitted  these 
coasts. 

At  the  request  of  the  Committee,  the  Hussar,  Captain 
Curly,  sailed  from  hence  on  Sunday  night  for  Belfast,  to 
enquire  into  the  report  of  the  taking  of  His  Majesty's 
sloop  the  Drake;  after  which  and  getting  what  intelligence 
he  can  of  the  Ranger  privateer  (or  any  other  enemy  in 
the  channel)  he  is  to  return  and  report  the  same.  And 
at  the  request  of  the  Committee  Captain  Perry  and  Cap- 
tain Sharpe  are  also  on  board  the  Hussar  in  this  neces- 
sary expedition. 

David  Freeman,  who  may  in  some  respects  be  consid- 
ered as  the  saviour  of  this  town,  says  "that  the  Captain  of 
the  Ranger  declared  that  the  destruction  of  Whitehaven 
was  his  first  object ;  seizing  the  person  of  Lord  Selkirk 
was  the  next  thing  he  wished,  after  which  he  would  sail 


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for  Brest,  and  on  his  passage,  sink,  burn  and  destroy 
whatever  fell  in  his  way  belonging  to  Great  Britain." 

Other  alarming  intelligence  arrived  here  on  Sunday 
morning  brought  by  the  Mary  Ann,  Captain  Robinson, 
from  Belfast.  It  arrived  about  nine  and  reported  on 
oath,  that  on  Saturday  evening  he  spoke  a  boat  in  the 
Lough  of  Belfast  belonging  to  the  Draper  brig  of  that 
place,  who  informed  him  that  the  Drake  sloop  of  war  was 
taken  on  Friday  evening,  and  carried  away  to  the  north- 
ward. Soon  after  he  spoke  four  fishing  boats,  who  all 
gave  the  same  disagreeable  information,  having  seen  the 
engagement  between  her  and  three  privateers,  two  rigged 
as  ships  and  the  other  as  a  brig.  The  engagement  lasted 
two  hours.  Captain  Robinson  further  says,  that  soon 
after  he  got  clear  of  the  Lough,  he  saw  the  above  ships 
to  the  northward  of  him  their  courses  hauled  up,  and  the 
top  sails  on  the  cap,  but  at  too  great  distance  for  him  to 
ascertain  their  force. 

A  vessel  from  the  Isle  of  Man  (arrived  yesterday) 
brings  the  account  of  the  Drake  having  two  companies  of 
soldiers  on  board  when  she  was  taken  by  the  privateer 
(supposed  to  be  the  Ranger):  she  made  a  stout  resist- 
ance, and  in  the  engagement  lost  her  bowsprit  and  fore- 
top-mast. 

The  account  of  the  Drake  being  taken  was  also  brought 
express  from  the  shore  to  Belfast  at  twelve  o'clock  on 
Friday  night.  The  Drake  sailed  from  Belfast  on  Friday 
morning  full  of  men. 

Four  companies  of  the  Militia  are  now  here. 

The  guns  at  the  forts  are  all  cleared  and  put  in  order, 
some  are  also  planted  on  the  North  Wall,  and  the  present 
measures,  it  is  hoped  will  be  persevered  in  'till  the  forti- 
fications are  thoroughly  completed.  A  committee  of  gen- 
tlemen is  appointed,  and  a  subscription  opened  for  de- 


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fraying  whatever  expences  may  be  incurred  in  defence  of 
the  town. 

Sunday  last  a  company  of  gentlemen  volunteers  were 
formed  for  the  protection  of  the  town,  exclusive  of  the 
ten  companies  of  seamen,  etc. 

The  Olive  Branch,  which  arrived  here  on  Sunday  last, 
brings  an  account  of  a  large  man  of  war  being  in  the 
Channel  standing  this  way. 

Saturday  last  about  twelve  at  night,  a  boat  full  of  men 
attempted  to  land  at  Workington.  Some  time  a  cutter 
stood  in  between  the  perches ;  but  being  hailed  by  the  peo- 
ple on  guard,  who  threatened  to  fire  on  them,  they  steered 
off. 


"Morning  Chronicle  and  London  Advertiser,"  May  4, 
1778. 

[Extract  of  a  letter  from  Port  Glasgow,  dated  April  27.] 

Last  night  Captain  Crawford  (of  the  Cumbras  Wherry 
arrived  in  town  express  from  a  cruise)  confirms  all  the 
newspaper  intelligence  concerning  the  rebel  privateer  on 
the  coast ;  and  further  adds  that  on  Friday  last,  the  same 
rebel  privateer  of  24  nine  pounders  and  140  stout  men, 
intending  some  mischief  in  Belfast  Loch,  went  in,  but 
finding  the  Drake  sloop  of  war  there  stood  out  again ; 
the  Drake  not  knowing  what  she  was,  sent  her  boat  and 
hands  to  press  her  hands,  which  the  Ranger  took  and 
carried  along  with  them,  and  the  Drake  followed  her,  and 
that  evening  engaged,  but  night  coming  on  nothing  was 
done  till  Saturday  morning,  when  they  again  engaged  and 
after  a  very  hot  engagement  for  an  hour  and  five  min- 
utes, the  Drake  was  obliged  to  strike ;  the  Captain  and 
first  Lieutenant  killed,  22  men  killed  and  wounded ;  she 
had  also  one  of  her  top-masts  carried  away.     They  were 


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close  to  the  Galloway  coast,  and  Captain  Crawford  lying 
in  Lochgarr  heard  the  firing,  made  loose  and  set  out,  but 
before  she  got  in  sight  the  Dj-ake  was  going  away  with 
the  privateer.  She  had  also  taken  some  fishing  boats 
on  the  coast  of  Ireland  whose  crew  were  all  put  in  irons 
during  the  engagement ;  but  when  it  was  over  they  were 
all  put  in  boats  again,  and  sent  away,  and  on  their  passage 
to  the  shore  Captain  Crawford  intercepted  them  and  got 
all  the  intelligence,  the  fishermen  also  told  Captain  Craw- 
ford that  the  privateer  was  wishing  much  to  fall  in  with 
him  and  Campbell's  cutter.  Captain  made  all  the  sail  he 
could  for  Clyde  and  on  Sunday  morning  fell  in  with  the 
Thetis  frigate,  ofif  Plada,  went  on  board,  and  gave  Cap- 
tain Gillies  all  the  intelligence,  pointed  out  the  course,  and 
after  giving  Captain  Crawford  an  express  for  the  Admi- 
ralty, crowded  all  sail  away  for  the  .  .  .  Captain  Craw- 
ford thinks  the  Thetis  may  fall  in  with  them,  as  the  priva- 
teer seemed  not  in  a  hurry  leaving  the  coast,  and  as  if  she 
intended  more  mischief.  A  report  is  also  current  here, 
that  she  also  took  the  brig,  the  Elizabeth  of  Glasgow  after 
she  had  taken  the  Drake,  I  hope  she  will  not  go  away 
unpunished. 

"Morning  Chronicle  and  London  Advertiser,"  May  5, 
1778. 

A  gentleman  who  ai  rived  in  town  on  Saturday  night 
from  Whitehaven  in  Cumberland,  says  that  the  inhabit- 
ants of  that  place  and  at  Workington  are  very  much 
alarmed  at,  and  in  daily  expectation  of  being  plundered  by 
the  American  privateers  ;  three  have  been  cruising  ofif  that 
coast,  one  of  which  sent  their  boat  towards  land,  but  it 
was  beat  back  by  the  people  on  shore,  who  keeps  guard 
every    night,    and    the    inhabitants    mount    in    rotation. 


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There  are  the  greatest  preparations  making,  every  one 
fitting  up  and  repairing  their  old  rusty  guns  and  swords, 
making  of  balls,  etc.,  resolved  to  give  them  a  warm  recep- 
tion if  they  should  make  any  attempt. 

"Gazetteer  and  New  Daily  Advertiser,"  May  5,  1778. 

The  people  of  Whitehaven,  it  is  thought,  can  never 
recover  from  their  fright;  two  thirds  of  the  people  are 
bordering  on  hisanity;  the  remainder  on  idiotism;  the 
defence  of  the  harbour  is  left  to  the  care  of  the  old 
women,  who  declare  that  had  they  been  called  into  power 
earlier,  they  would  have  preserved  the  town  with  their 
mop-sticks  and  cut  off  the  retreat  of  the  rebels. 

We  hear  that  Dr. ,  with  about  a  dozen  half  starved 

Scotch  physicians  from  Glasgow  and  Edinburgh,  is 
shortly  to  go  to  Whitehaven,  to  restore  the  inhabitants  to 
their  senses ;  but  should  those  gentlemen  not  succeed  it 
is  determined  that  a  Scotch  architect  be  employed  to  build 
them  a  madhouse.     It  is  necessary  to  mention,  for  the 

credit  to  Dr.  •,  that  he  thinks  them  incurable,  their 

case  being  idiotism,  they  never  possessing  a  sufficient 
quantity  of  etherial  fire  to  arrive  at  insanity. 

"Gazetteer  and  New  Daily  Advertiser,"  May  6,  1778. 

[A  letter  from  Edinburgh,  May  i.] 

On  Wednesday  a  report  was  very  current  that  the 
Ranger  American  privateer  was  taken  by  the  Thetis 
man  of  war,  which  report  took  its  rise  from  the  follow- 
ing paragraph  inserted  in  a  Dumfries  newspaper  of  the 
28th  ult. 

"We  are  just  informed  that  the  Ranger  privateer  is 
taken  by  one  of  His  Majesty's  ships  of  war  betwixt  the 
Mull  of  Gallowav  and  the  coast  of  Ireland." 


1 8  PAUL  JONES 

The  public  have  anxiously  waited  for  the  confirmation 
of  the  above  account,  but  no  further  intelligence  is  re- 
ceived, and  our  last  from  Glasgow,  this  day,  made  no 
mention  of  it. 

The  following  is  the  last  authentic  account  we  have 
received  of  the  privateer.  After  the  capture  of  the  Drake 
sloop  of  war,  as  mentioned  in  our  last,  the  Captain  of 
the  Ranger  finding  that  the  alarm  was  spread,  and  that 
he  had  been  long  enough  upon  the  coast,  crowded  all  the 
sail  he  could,  and  was  seen  making  out  of  the  North 
passage  on  Sunday  evening  with  his  prize,  with  an  inten- 
tion of  making  the  best  of  his  way,  it  was  supposed  for 
France.  The  Thetis  was  seen  two  hours  afterwards  in 
pursuit  of  the  privateer,  following  the  same  course. 

"Gazetteer  and  New  Daily  Advertiser,"  May  7,  1778. 

[Extract  of  a  letter  from  Wigton  in  Scotland,  April  29.] 

I  hope  the  privateer  is  by  this  time  secured.  We  heard 
yesterday  that  the  Drake  sloop  of  War.  has  been  taken  by 
her  in  the  Channel  near  Port  Patrick ;  but  that  a  Ship  of 
War  had  gone  from  Dublin  and  at  the  first  fire  made  her 
surrender;  so  I  hope  we  shall  meet  with  no  further  dis- 
turbance from  John  Paul  our  Countryman. 

The   letter  received  yesterday   from  Lancaster  says : 

'Ts  is  certain  that  the  privateer  which  has  done   so 

much  mischief  in  the  Channel  is  taken  by  the  Thetis  Man 

of  War." 

*         *         *         * 

Such  a  damp  on  commerce  has  the  American  privateer 
called  the  Ranker  made,  that  yesterday  insurances  to  Ire- 
land were  five  guineas  per  cent  that  lately  were  done  at 
one  and  a  quarter. 


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"Morning  Chronicle  and  London  Advertiser,"  May  8, 
1778. 

The  Captain  of  the  Ranger,  John  Paul,  was  some  time 
ago  master  of  a  vessel  called  the  John,  belonging  to  Kirk- 
cudbright, stood  a  trial  in  London  for  the  murder  of  his 
carpenter,  and  was  found  guilty,  but  made  his  escape. 

"Morning  Chronicle  and  London  Advertiser,"  May  8, 

1778. 

[Extract  of  a  letter  from  Belfast,  May  i.] 

No  time  could  have  been  so  unfortunate  to  the  Drake 
sloop  of  war  for  the  American  Privateer's  appearance,  as 
when  she  did.  Captain  Burdon  was  a  man  in  years, 
and  at  that  time  very  ill,  and  the  Lieutenant  and  boat- 
swain of  the  Drake  were  just  dead,  and  no  officers  ap- 
pointed in  their  room.  Lieutenant  Dobbs,  just  appointed 
first  Lieutenant  of  the  Defiance,  the  new  64  gun  ship 
at  Portsmouth,  happened  to  be  at  Belfast,  and  actually 
went  ofif  to  the  Drake,  when  she  was  sailed  from  the 
harbour  after  the  Ranger,  in  order  to  assist  her,  she  being 
in  want  of  officers ;  the  occasion  happened  on  Friday  the 
24th  ult.  half  seas  over.  The  Drake  soon  found  the  pri- 
vateer was  too  much  for  her,  and  Captain  Burdon  was 
intreated  to  strike,  he  answered  he  never  would.  He 
was  killed  by  a  musket  ball.  Lieutenant  Dobbs  took  upon 
himself  the  command,  and  soon  after  received  a  wound 
which  rendered  him  incapable  of  remaining  on  deck. 
The  ship  master  being  wounded,  and  the  running  rigging 
shot  away,  the  Drake  was  unmanageable,  so  that  the 
privateer  raked  her  as  she  pleased,  and  therefore  the 
Drake  struck,  having  a  number  of  men  wounded,  mostly 
by  small  arms. 

The  Captain  of  the  privateer  behaved  exceedingly  civil, 


20  PAUL  JONES 

and  offered  to  set  the  Lieutenant  on  shore,  provided  the 
surgeon  thought  he  could  be  removed  with  safety ;  he  had 
155  men  on  board  (four  of  them  Frenchmen)  and  in  the 
occasion  which  lasted  an  hour,  two  killed  and  four 
wounded. 

''Morning  Post  and  Daily  Advertiser,"  May  8,  1778. 

General  Irwin's  baggage  and  plate  which  were  on  board 
the  Lord  Chatham,  taken  by  the  Ranger  are  said  to  be 
worth  near  i5,ooo. 

Two  sloops  of  war  were  ordered  from  Spithead  on 
Tuesday  night  last  for  the  Irish  Channel,  to  look  after 
the  Gallo-American  privateers. 

"Morning  Chronicle  and  London  Advertiser,"  May  9, 
1778. 

A  correspondent  says  there  is  one  statement  in  the 
account  of  the  taking  of  the  Drake  sloop  at  which  he  is 
greatly  surprised.  It  is  said  the  Drake's  powder  proved 
very  weak  and  bad,  few  of  her  balls  having  sufficient 
force  to  penetrate  the  sides  of  the  privateer.  This  must 
be  very  amazing  to  those  who  know  that  all  the  powder 
in  the  navy  is  of  the  same  strength  and  quality,  made 
at  the  Ordnance  office.  Therefore  no  weak  powder  could 
possibly  be  on  board  the  Drake.  However,  a  particular 
naval  custom  may  give  some  light  in  this  affair.  The 
charge  of  powder  for  every  cannon  is  allowed  as  one 
third  of  the  weight  of  the  ball  it  carries.  Thus  as  the 
Drake's  guns  were  six-pounders,  2  pounds  of  powder  was 
the  allowance  for  each  charge.  Now,  when  a  gun  has 
been  frequently  fired,  she  becomes  so  warm  that  a  lesser 
quantity  of  powder  is  requisite,  and  cartridges  filled  pro- 
portionately less  are  used;  this,  is  called  lozvering  the 


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metal;  perhaps  the  Drake  cartridges  were  lowered  too 
much  in  proportion  through  the  fault  or  intention  of  the 
gunner.  When  it  is  said  intention,  it  is  not  meant  a 
design  to  prejudice  the  public  service,  but  some  gunners 
have  had  an  intention  to  serve  themselves.  Before  the 
gunner  of  a  man-of-war  can  pass  his  accounts,  every 
charge  of  powder,  every  ball,  wad  or  inch  of  match  ex- 
pended, must  be  entered  in  his  expense  book,  with  the 
particular  occasion  for  which  it  was  expended,  and 
vouched  by  the  signature  of  the  Captain.  Hence  it 
appears  that  in  ordinary  service  there  can  be  no  crib- 
bling,  or  laying  by  of  any  stores  for  the  emolument  of 
the  gunner.  But  the  case  is  widely  different  in  an  en- 
gagement. After  this  a  report  is  made  by  the  gunner  of 
what  stores  are  remaining,  whatever  do  not  appear,  are 
set  down  as,  and  taken  to  be  expended  during  the  engage- 
ment. This  has  sometimes  induced  some  gunners  to 
secrete  large  quantities  of  powder,  etc.,  which  they  can 
afterwards  find  opportunity  to  sell  for  their  own  profit. 
This  has  influenced  some  gunners  to  starve  the  cartridges 
set  apart  for  action,  and  something  like  this  may  have 
been  the  cause  why  Drake's  shot  did  not  penetrate  the 
sides  of  her  antagonist,  and  the  fault  laid  where  it  could 
not  exist,  on  the  weakness  of  the  powder. 

The  American  privateer  is  represented  as  greatly 
superior  to  the  Drake  in  number  of  guns  and  weight  of 
metal.  This  superiority  was  not  so  great  as  to  have  been 
the  sole  -cause  of  the  victory.  The  Drake  had  18  16- 
pounders,  and  the  privateer  is  said  to  have  20  guns  which 
probably  were  nineteen  pounders ;  the  superiority  in  point 
of  number  was  only  one  gim  on  each  side,  and  the  differ- 
ence of  diameter  between  a  six  and  nine  pounder  shot  is 
too  small  to  make  the  latter  so  very  alarming.  In  our 
engagements   with    the    French   and    Spaniards    such   a 


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superiority  would  have  been  laughed  at ;  but  the  case  is 
widely  different  when  we  engage  with  our  own  country- 
men ;  men  who  have  the  same  spirit  and  bravery  with  our- 
selves. The  probable  cause*  of  the  Drake's  loss  seems 
to  be  the  death  of  her  captain  and  the  wounding  of  the 
lieutenant.  The  command  then  devolved  on  the  mas- 
ter, who  might  not  have  a  sufficient  authority  over  a  num- 
ber of  raw  undisciplined  men  to  continue  the  fight. 

A  letter  from  Belfast  dated  the  28th  ult.,  mentions  that 
the  Heart  of  Oak  letter  of  marcjue  of  Liverpool,  mount- 
ing 22  guns  was  taken  after  an  obstinate  engagement,  by 
the  Ranger,  off  Lough  Foyle.  This  account,  from  many 
current  circumstances  it  is  thought  wants  confirmation. 

"Gazetteer  and  New  Daily  Advertiser,"  May  11,  1778. 

Edinburgh,  May  5.  The  Thetis  is  returned  to  Green- 
ock, not  having  been  able  to  fall  in  with  the  Ranger  priva- 
teer. 

The  following  is  the  exact  loss  on  board  the  Drake  and 
Ranger;  Captain  Burden  and  his  clerk  killed :  Lieut. 
Dobbs,  wounded;  also  two  men  killed  and  18  men 
wounded  on  board  the  Drake. 

Captain  of  marines  killed,  also  two  men  killed  and  18 
wounded  on  board  the  privateer. 

Letters  received  by  Friday's  Iri^h  Mail  say,  that  the 
Heart  of  Oak  armed  ship,  said  to  be  taken  by  the  Ranger 
privateer,  was  on  the  26th  ult.,  safe  at  anchor  at  Lough 
Foyle. 

"The  Morning  Post  and  Daily  Advertiser,"  May  13, 
1778. 

By  private  letters  from  Morpeth,  we  hear  that  Wid- 
drington  Castle,  the  seat  of  Sir  George  Warren,  K.  B., 


CONTEMPORARY  ACCOUNTS  23 

was  early  on  Friday  morning  last  burned  to  the  ground, 
and  it  is  strongly  suspected  by  the  crew  of  an  American 
privateer,  who  was  seen  cruising  oft  Druridge  the  evening 
before.  This  noble  and  magnificent  building  has  been 
some  years  about  and  was  within  two  months  of  being 
finished ;  it  was  designed  not  only  as  an  ornament  to  the 
country  but  served  as  a  very  useful  landmark  to  ships 
passing  that  way.  The  loss  is  computed  at  twenty  thou- 
sand pounds. 


"Morning  Chronicle  and  London  Advertiser,"  May  14, 
1778. 

[Letter   from   Captain   Cell  of  the   Thetis  frigate  to  the   Lord 
Provost  of   Glasgow.] 

Thetis,  Greenock,  May  5,  1778. 
My  Lord  Provost, 

I  got  under  way  from  Greenock,  on  the  Friday  I  left 
Glasgow;  the  wind  on  Saturday  being  at  S.W.  prevented 
me  from  giving  your  lordship  a  better  account  of  the 
privateer, — from  circumstances  I  imagine  she  slipt 
through  the  Northern  Channel.  On  the  Monday  follow- 
ing, the  channel  being  open  to  us,  met  with  the  Boston 
frigate ;  I  desired  Capt.  Duddington  to  sail  to  the  north- 
ward, on  the  Irish  coast,  keeping  myself  to  the  coast  of 
Scotland,  and  went  for  intelligence  to  If  la;  I  thought  he 
might  be  in  the  Sound;  from  thence  returned  to  Port 
Patrick  for  information,  and  met  with  His  Majesty's 
armed  ship  the  Heart  of  Oak,  who  was  cruizing  on  the 
same  errand.  Being  in  Loch  Ryan,  as  there  was  a  suspi- 
cion of  a  vessel  in  the  bay  of  Wigtoun,  and  seeing  the 
Boston  standing  in,  sent  to  desire  Captain  Duddington 
would  go  that  way,  which  he  did  and  was  seen  off  the 
Mull  of  Galloway  yesterday.     I  hope  we  have  now  a  quit- 


24  PAUL  JONES 

tance  of  these  rovers.     As  the  transports  are  all  come,  we 

are  preparing  for  our  voyage. 

I  am,  my  lord,  With  the  greatest  respect 
Your  lordship's  most  obedient  &  most  humble  servant 

J.  Gell. 

"Gazetteer  and  New  Daily  Advertiser,"  May  23,  1778. 

[Extract  of  the  letter  from  Brest,  May  17.] 

"The  Ranger,  Capt.  Jones  has  brought  into  this  port 
the  Drake,  sloop  of  war,  16  guns,  after  an  engagement 
wherein  the  Captain  of  the  Drake  and  40  of  his  men 
were  killed  and  many  others  wounded.  The  Ranger  had 
two  men  killed  and  a  number  wounded." 

"Morning    Chronicle   and   London   Advertiser,"   May 
23-26,  1778. 

This  day  arrived  the  mail  from  Flanders.  Paris,  May 
17.  An  American  privateer,  said  to  be  the  same  which 
lately  made  a  descent  in  Scotland,  hath  brought  into 
Brest  an  English  frigate,  the  crew  consisting  of  160  men, 
which  was  taken  after  an  engagement  wherein  the  Cap- 
tain of  the  frigate  and  40  men  were  killed.  M.  de  Sar- 
tine  has  been  written  to  on  this  occasion  and  it  is  said  he 
answered  that  the  King  could  not  properly  detain  the 
English  as  prisoners  of  war. 

"Gazetteer  and  New  Daily  Advertiser,"  June  i,  1778. 

Paris,  May  20.  The  American  privateer  already  men- 
tioned intends  to  carry  his  English  prisoners  to  Boston. 

"Gazetteer  and  New  Daily  Advertiser,"  June  15,  1778. 

We  hear  that  since  John  Paul  arrived  at  Brest,  he  has 
written  to  Lord  Selkirk,  informing  that  he  had  no  per- 


CONTEMPORARY  ACCOUNTS  25 

sonal  enmity  to  his  Lordship,  but  that  it  was  his  intention 
(when  at  St.  Mary's  Isle)  to  take  him  as  an  hostage,  in 
order  to  bring  about  an  exchange  of  prisoners.  He  also, 
It  is  said,  gives  a  long  and  pompous  account  of  his  en- 
gagement with  the  Drake. 

"Gazetteer  and  New  Daily  Advertiser,"  June  22,  1778. 

Lord  Selkirk  has  received  a  letter  from  John  Paul 
Jones,  of  the  Ranger  privateer,  directed  to  Lady  Selkirk 
wherein  he  says  Lord  Selkirk's  plate  is  to  be  sold  for  the 
benefit  of  his  crew,  and  promises  to  buy  it  and  return  it 
or  the  value  in  a  present  to  Lady  Selkirk. 


THE  BONHOMME  SQUADRON  IN  THE 
BRITISH  SEAS 


THE  BONHOMME  SQUADRON  IN  THE 
BRITISH  SEAS 

"Gazetteer  and  New  Daily  Advertiser,"  Wednesday, 
July  7,  1779. 

[Extract  of  a  letter  from  an  English  officer,  a  prisoner  at  Brest, 
June  15.] 

''Capt.  Paul  Jones,  who  some  time  since  landed  in  Scot- 
land and  other  places,  has  fitted  out  an  old  East-India- 
man,  to  mount  50  guns,  and  has  had  her  full  manned 
except  about  40.  She  is  to  carry  300 ;  most  of  them  are 
English  prisoners,  who  are  allowed  to  enter  on  board 
the  American  vessels.  Numbers  of  them,  I  am  sure, 
would  never  have  gone  on  board,  but  for  the  bad  treat- 
ment they  experience  in  prison.  The  above  ship  is  to 
sail  in  consort  with  an  American  frigate  called  the 
Alliance. 

"London  Evening  Post,"  Monday,  September  6,  1779. 

[Extract  of  a  letter  from  Cork,  Aug.  25.] 

"We  have  this  morning  received  an  express  from 
Tralee,  acquainting  us  that  the  coast  officer  at  Luverage 
had  advised  them  that  on  the  23d  in  the  morning  seven 
men  landed  there  from  an  open  boat,  who  said  they  had 
escaped  the  preceding  night  from  a  ship  belonging  to 
Paul  Jones's  squadron,  which  sailed  from  France  on  the 
loth  inst.  where  they  had  supplied  themselves  with  a  large 
quantity  of  combustibles.  They  had  taken  four  prizes, 
one  of  which  was  called  the  May  Flower,  bound  to  Lon- 

29 


30  PAUL  JONES 

don.  At  one  o'clock  the  same  day  17  men  more  landed 
at  that  place,  supposed  to  be  in  pursuit  of  the  above  seven. 
The  squadron  lay  at  the  Skellix  in  full  view,  and  the 
country  was  in  an  uproar  when  the  advices  came  away. 
The  first  men  who  landed  said  that  Jones's  intention  was 
to  scour  the  coast,  and  burn  as  many  places  as  he  could. 
There  were  a  number  of  French  on  board. 

"London  Evening  Post,"  Tuesday,  Sept.  7,  1779. 

The  following  paragraphs  are  taken  from  the  Hiber- 
nial  Journal  of  September  i. 

"Custom  House,  Dublin,  Aug.  22,  1779. 

"Sir  Richard  Heron,  by  directions  of  his  Excellency 
the  Lord  Lieutenant,  has  communicated  to  the  Board 
intelligence  which  his  Excellency  has  received,  that  on 
the  24th  instant,  at  one  o'clock,  seven  men  landed  at 
Ballinskellix,  in  the  county  of  Kerry,  from  a  frigate 
called  the  Bon  Honmie,  commanded  by  Paul  Jones, 
mounting  forty  guns,  having  in  company  the  Alliance 
of  36,  the  Pallas  of  32,  the  Revenge  of  12,  the  Le  Grand 
of  14,  and  a  large  cutter  of  18  guns,  having  on  board  in 
all  about  two  thousand  men :  The  people  imagine  that 
Jones's  intentions  are  to  scour  the  coast,  and  burn  some 
principal  towns,  having  a  quantity  of  combustibles 
shipped  on  board  the  vessels  in  France. 

'T  am  directed  forthwith  to  make  this  intelligence 
known  in  the  most  extensive  manner,  that  all  persons, 
particularly  those  resident  on  the  coast,  may  be  on  their 
guard  to  repel  any  hostile  attack." 

"By  order  of  the  Commissioners, 

"Geo.  L'Estrange,  Dep.  Coll." 

Yesterday  morning  the  following  letter  was  sent  ex- 
press from  Smith,  pier-master  at  Workington,  addressed 


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to  William  Hicks,  Esq.,  or  in  his  absence  to  the  com- 
manding officer  of  his  Majesty's  forces  at  Whitehaven. 

(copy) 

"Workington,  August  ^0,  1779,  ten  o'clock. 
"Sir, 

"Last  night's  tide  brought  into  this  port  the  Unity, 
Joseph  Westray,  master,  in  24  hours  from  Drogheda; 
an  hour  before  he  left  that  port,  he  was  called  to  by  the 
Collector  of  the  Customs  there,  who  had  that  moment 
received  an  express  from  his  Excellency  the  Lord  Lieu- 
tenant, informing  him  that  Paul  Jones  went  on  shore  the 
twenty-fourth  instant  with  seven  men  at  Ballanaskilling, 
in  the  county  of  Kerry,  and  that  he  had  a  force  with  him 
consisting  of  one  ship  of  40  guns,  one  of  36  guns,  and  one 
of  32  guns,  a  cutter  of  18  guns,  and  a  brig  of  14  guns, 
and  that  the  land  forces  on  board  the  said  ships  amounted 
to  2000  men ;  the  Collector  gave  Capt.  Westray  his  Excel- 
lency's letter  to  read,  and  the  above  were  the  substance 
of  its  contents.  If  this  be  of  any  use,  it  answers  the 
end  of  Sir,  your  obedient  servant, 

"John  Smith." 

"London  Evening  Post,"  Saturday,  September  11,  1779. 
[Cop}'  of  a  letter,  Valencia   (county  of  Kerry),  Aug.  23,  1779.] 

"Dear  Sir, 

"I  take  the  opportunity  of  informing  you  by  express 
the  critical  situation  of  our  coast,  as  per  affidavit  made 
by  seven  seamen  who  deserted  in  a  boat  from  Commo- 
dore Paul  Jones's  ship,  who  say  they  sailed  the  ist  inst. 
from  Port  I'Grient,  in  number  six  sail,  viz. : 
La  Bonhomme  Richard,  of  40  guns,  and  600  men,  as 

Commodore. 
The  Alliance,  American  frigate,  36  ditto 


32  PAUL  JONES 

The  Pallas,  a  French  frigate,  32  ditto 
The  Revenge,  brig,  12  ditto 
The  Langer  Ville,  14  ditto 
And  a  large  cutter,  18  ditto 

They  had  2000  sea  and  land  forces  with  combustibles, 
prepared  for  setting  fire  to  ships  or  towns,  but  could  not 
tell  their  destination ;  from  their  report,  we  suppose  it 
to  be  Dingle,  Limerick,  or  Galway ;  they  were  becalmed 
ofif  the  Skellis,  and  this  boat  was  put  out  to  keep  the  ship's 
head  off  shore,  which  opportunity  they  took  of  making 
their  escape,  as  the  ship  could  not  bring  their  guns  to  bear 
on  the  boat. — Fourteen  men  more  have  since  landed  in 
search  of  the  above,  and  as  the  country  was  not  prepared 
to  receive  them  they  made  their  escape ;  they  have  given 
us  the  names  of  several  prizes  taken  by  them  which  ships 
I  know,  and  I  give  it  as  my  opinion,  that  a  frigate  and  a 
50  gun  ship  would  give  a  good  account  of  them :  the 
English  sailors  on  board  were  prisoners  taken  out  of  a 
French  prison. 

"You  may  depend  on  the  truth  of  this, 

"And  am,  &c 
(Signed)  "Peter  Burrell." 

"P.  S.  I  am  now  in  conversation  with  one  of  the 
men  at  Cahir,  near  Valencia." 

To  Mr.  John  Connell,  Cork. 

The  Mayfiower,  Mullowney,  from  Limerick  to  Lon- 
don, is  taken  by  Paul  Jones. 

"The  Gazetteer  and  New  Daily  Advertiser,"  Monday, 
September  13,  1779. 

[Extract  of  a  letter  from  Cork,  Sept.  4.] 

"The  appearance  of  Capt.  Paul  Jones  on  this  coast  has 
so  increased  the  fears  of  the  people  of  this  city,  that  they 


CONTEMPORARY  ACCOUNTS  33 

consider  an  invasion  as  inevitable,  and  a  new  association 
has  been  entered  into  to  raise  120  men,  to  be  divided  into 
two  companies,  to  consist  of  reputable  tradesmen. 
Though  this  association  has  been  only  two  days  on  foot, 
upwards  of  100  names  have  been  entered  on  the  roll,  and 
it  is  supposed  the  companies  will  be  compleat  by  tomor- 
row. The  cheerfulness  with  which  they  seem  to  come  in, 
appears  to  me  to  proceed  from  the  satisfaction  they  feel 
in  choosing  their  own  ofificers,  and  making  their  own  lav/s, 
two  of  the  fundamental  rules  of  their  association.'' 

"London  Evening  Post,"  Wednesday,  September  15, 
1779. 

Portsmouth,  Monday  afternoon,  Sept.  75. 

Sir  John  Lockhart  Ross  having  struck  his  flag  from 
on  board  the  Royal  George,  and  hoisted  it  on  board  the 
Romnev,  has  this  instant  got  under  way,  with  the  Ber- 
zviek  of  74  guns,  the  Hon.  Keith  Stewart ;  the  Bienaisant, 
of  64,  Capt.  MacBride ;  the  Jupiter  of  50,  Capt.  Rey- 
nolds, and  the  following  frigates,  viz. :  Diana,  Phoenix, 
Southampton,  Ambuscade,  Crescent,  Milford,  Brilliant, 
and  Porcupine;  the  Bonetta,  Cormorant,  and  Helena 
sloops  ;  the  Griffin  and  Nimble  cutters ;  and  Firebrand  and 
Incendiary  fireships. 

The  destination  of  this  flying  squadron  is  kept  a  pro- 
found secret ;  but  it  is  conjectured  they  are  either  ordered 
to  look  into  Havre  and  St.  Maloes,  or  to  go  North  about 
the  Ireland,  in  order  to  drive  Paul  Jones  from  that  coast, 
and  then  to  convey  the  eight  sail  of  Indiamen  home  from 
the  mouth  of  the  Shannon. 

"London  Evening  Post,"  Wednesday,  September   15, 
1779. 

The  Ulysses  was,  on  Saturday  last,  ordered,  by  an  ex- 
press from  the  Admiralty,  to  cruise  in  the  Irish  Channel, 


34  PAUL  JONES 

in  search  of  Paul  Jones,  who  is  supposed  to  be  off  the 
Irish  coast ;  two  or  three  Liverpool  privateers  go  out  with 
the  Ulysses,  and  expect  to  be  joined  by  the  Boston 
frigate;  it  is  hoped,  therefore,  that  a  good  account  will 
be  given  of  him. 

Letters  received  from  Tralee  in  Ireland,  mention,  that 
on  the  26th  of  last  month  the  squadron  under  the  com- 
mand of  Paul  Jones  were  blown  out  of  Ballynskeligs  by 
a  violent  gale  of  N.E.  wind,  which  obliged  them  to  quit 
that  bay  with  such  precipitation,  that  a  long  boat  belong- 
ing to  one  of  the  frigates,  with  a  Lieutenant  of  Marines, 
and  13  hands,  were  left  behind,  and  captured  by  a  detach- 
ment of  the  Kerry  Legion. 

"The  Morning  Post  and  Daily  Advertiser,"  Wednes- 
day, September  15,  1779. 
[Extract  of  a  letter  from  Ardisman  Damp,  August  31.] 

"There  came  an  express  to  Sir  John  Irwin  this  morning 
about  one,  that  a  fleet  of  French  men  of  war  was  coming 
up  the  Shannon,  to  land  at  Limerick,  upon  which  the  32nd 
regiment  and  the  i8th  light  dragoons  marched  immedi- 
ately. However,  in  two  or  three  hours  more  another 
express  arrived,  informing,  that  they  were  two  of  our 
men  of  war  bringing  their  prizes  (East  and  West  India- 
men)  in  there.  As  soon  as  this  was  known  another  ex- 
press was  dispatched,  who  brought  back  the  troops — 
Paul  Jones  was  at  the  very  place  where  they  were 
taken,  the  day  before,  but  was  drove  off  by  a  storm.  He 
landed  a  boat  with  16  men,  about  Kerry,  who  in 
their  return  missed  the  fleet  and  were  taken.  The 
second  in  Coinmand  in  Jones's  squadron  is  a  native 
of   Cork." 


CONTEMPORARY  ACCOUNTS  35 

"London    Evening    Post,"    Thursday,    September    16, 
1779. 

[Extract  of  a  letter  from  Limerick,  September  2.] 

"A  letter  froin  Galway  advises,  that  Paul  Jones's 
squadron  is  still  on  our  coast;  that  on  Sunday  last  he 
took  the  Porcupine,  Bust,  from  this  port  to  Bristol,  and 
put  a  French  prize-master  on  board ;  that  next  day  Bust 
threw  the  Frenchman  into  the  sea,  tied  the  rest  of  his 
people,  retook  the  vessel,  and  brought  her  into  Galway." 

"London  Evening  Post,"  Friday,  September  17,  1779. 

A  letter  from  Portsmouth,  dated  Sept.  15,  says.  "The 
squadron  under  Sir  John  Ross,  which  I  mentioned  in  my 
last,  sailed  yesterday,  and  consisted  of  a  greater  number 
of  vessels  than  was  originally  intended.  It  is  not  destined, 
as  was  at  first  supposed,  against  Jones,  or  towards  any 
part  of  the  coast  of  Ireland,  but  is  gone  towards  St. 
Maloes  on  an  extraordinary  expedition  on  the  coast  of 
France,  and  is  expected,  whatever  it  be,  to  be  carried  into 
compleat  execution  very  soon. 

"London    Evening    Post,"    Saturday,    September    18, 
1779. 

"Paul  Jones  is  still  hovering  about  the  Western  coasts, 
and  has  been  joined  by  another  privateer  of  28  guns, 
and  a  cutter  of  14  guns ;  many  of  his  sailors  are  from  a 
harbour  called  Ruth  near  your  city,  his  pilots  are  mostly 
Youghal  and  Galway  men  that  were  prisoners  in  France." 

"London  Evening  Post,"  Monday,  September  20,  1779. 

A  letter  from  Cork,  Sept.  11,  says,  "Not  a  day  passed 
but  we  are  receiving  accounts  of  the  depredations  com- 
mitted by  Paul  Jones  and  his  squadron  on  our  coast.     A 


36  PAUL  JONES 

report  is  current  this  day  that  he  is  with  his  whole  fleet 
at  anchor  in  Bantry  Bay,  and  had  with  him  five  prizes." 

"London  Evening  Post,"  Tuesday,  September  21,  1779. 

Early  on  Wednesday  morning  expresses  arrived  to  the 
Commander  in  Chief,  the  Customhouse,  and  the  Lord 
Provost,  at  Edinburgh,  acquainting  them  that  three  ships 
had  appeared  off  Lyemouth  and  Dunbar,  which  seemed 
to  be  enemies,  and  had  taken  two  or  three  vessels  in  the 
mouth  of  the  Firth;  the  largest  was  frigate  built,  and 
was  supposed  to  carry  40  or  50  guns. 

On  Wednesday  two  gentlemen  skilled  in  maritime  af- 
fairs were  sent  to  reconnoitre  the  above  ships.  They 
returned  to  Edinburgh  on  Thursday,  and  report,  that  they 
found  the  ships  lying  off  Dunbar ;  they  sailed  within  three 
miles  of  them,  and  saw  them  to  be  four  French  ships,  one 
of  fifty,  two  of  twenty,  and  one  of  fourteen  guns.  They 
had  two  prizes  with  them. 

Thursday  afternoon  an  express  arrived  from  North 
Berwick,  at  Edinburgh  with  an  account  that  the  above 
squadron  had  passed  that  place  and  at  five  o'clock  they 
were  seen  from  Edinburgh  by  the  naked  eye  standing  up 
the  Firth.  This  morning  early  they  were  observed, 
nearly  opposite  to  Leith,  about  the  island  of  Inchkeith,  on 
the  North  side,  about  four  miles  from  Leith.  A  swift 
sailing  cutter  was  sent  out  on  Friday  morning  to  recon- 
noitre. The  cutter  fell  in  with  them,  and  found  herself 
within  pistol  shot  of  a  French  fifty  gun  ship.  The  cutter 
immediately  racked  and  fell  in  with  a  prize  they  had 
taken  in  the  mouth  of  the  Firth,  which  she  retook,  but 
was  obliged  to  abandon  her,  by  a  French  24  gun  frigate, 
which  immediately  made  up  to  her.  A  boy,  however, 
very  spiritedly  jumped  from  the  prize  on  board  the  cut- 
ter, which  immediately  brought  him  to  Leith.     The  boy 


CONTEMPORARY  ACCOUNTS  37 

was  examined  by  the  Lord  Provost,  Captain  Napier,  &c. 
He  says  they  put  four  soldiers,  four  men,  and  two  oflficers 
aboard  the  prize,  all  of  whom  spoke  English,  that  the 
squadron  consists  of  a  fifty  gun  ship,  a  24  gun  frigate,  and 
a  brig  of  10  guns.  The  crew  said  they  determined  to 
come  up  to  Leith  road,  but  they  fail  ill,  and  on  Friday 
morning  the  wind  blew  violently  from  the  South  West, 
which  drove  them  down  the  Firth  a  good  way  below  the 
island  of  Inchkeith.  The  Commander  of  the  50  gun  ship 
is  said  to  be  a  Scotsman  and  to  know  the  coast.  Seven 
sail  originally  left  Dunkirk;  these  three  parted  lately 
from  the  rest  in  the  North  seas  in  a  gale  of  wind. 

It  was  reported  that  the  above  was  Paul  Jones's  squad- 
ron, but  letters  received  on  Friday  at  Edinburgh  from  the 
West  country  say,  that  Paul  Jones  was  on  the  West  coast 
upon  the  13th  instant. 


THE  TAKING  OF  THE  SERJPIS 


THE  TAKING  OF  THE  SERJPIS 

"London  Evening  Post,"  Tuesday,  September  21,  1779. 

"A  sloop  that  left  Lairn  last  night,  came  in  here  this 
morning,  and  brings  accounts  of  a  small  vessel,  from 
Liverpool  to  that  port,  with  salt,  being  taken  by  Paul 
Jones,  about  three  days  ago,  just  ofif  the  mouth  of  that 
Loch,  and  ransomed  for  200  guineas.  The  people  belong- 
ing to  her  say,  that  Jones,  with  his  frigates,  came  in  at 
the  North  Channel ;  that  the  three  smaller  vessels  of  his 
squadron  came  up  St.  George's  Channel,  and  met  the 
others  ofif  Terry.  They  were  seen  from  the  town  of 
Lairn,  where  the  militia  turned  out ;  but  they  made  no 
attempt  to  land,  and  soon  afterwards  went  all  out  at  the 
North  Channel.  The  Boston  frigate  is  just  now  in  Loch 
Ryan,  the  Ulysses  at  Liverpool  (a  new  ship  built  there 
of  44  guns)  and  the  Thetis  at  Bristol.  These,  with  the 
armed  ships  and  cutters  on  this  coast,  should  be  a  match 
for  Mr.  Jones's  fleet." 

^  ^  ^  >]C 

[Extract  of  a  letter  from  Stockton,  Sept.  21.] 

"Copy  of  an  express  which  arrived  here  this  day  from 
Sunderland  dated  Sept.  21. 

''The  under  mentioned  ships  having  appeared  ofif  this 
place,  under  the  command  of  Paul  Jones,  we  have  sent 
the  bearers  to  inform  all  light  colliers  they  may  meet 
with,  to  take  harbour  as  soon  as  possible,  and  there  to 
remain  till  they  receive  advice  of  their  being  off  the  coast ; 
the  bearers  are  to  proceed  to  Bridlington  with  all  speed. 

41 


42  PAUL  JONES 

Two  ships,  appearing  to  be  50  guns  each ;  one  frigate, 
about  40  guns ;  one  brig,  Hke  a  colHer ;  two  sloops ;  one 
snow,  and  one  brig,  both  armed. 

E.  Minsk  ILL,     F.  Young, 

F.  Marshall,  F.  Smith, 
F.  Wall." 

On  Saturday  noon  two  gentlemen  of  the  corporation 
of  Hull  arrived  express  at  the  Admiralty,  with  the  alarm- 
ing account,  that  the  celebrated  American  corsair,  Paul 
Jones,  had  entered  the  river  Humber  on  Thursday  last, 
and  chased  a  vessel  to  within  a  mile  of  the  Pier,  where 
he  sunk,  burnt,  and  destroyed  sixteen  sail  of  valuable 
vessels,  which  threw  the  whole  town  and  neighborhood 
into  the  utmost  consternation ;  as  a  very  few  men  in 
armed  boats,  might  have  laid  the  town  in  ashes.  He  had 
taken  nine  or  ten  colliers  and  other  vessels  a  day  or  two 
before  he  appeared  at  Hull;  one  of  which,  being  left  to 
the  charge  of  only  four  men,  her  former  crew  rose  upon 
them,  and  carried  the  vessel  into  a  port  near  Hull ;  and 
which  men  state  the  strength  of  his  squadron  to  be  as 
follows : 

A  Boston  built  frigate  with  forty  guns  upon  one  deck 
(Jones's  ship). 

A  French  ship  (an  old  Indiaman)  of  44  guns. 

Two  American  frigates  of  32  guns  each,  new. 

One  twenty  gun  ditto. 

Two  brigantines  of  18  guns,  and 

Two  small  tenders. 

Some  of  this  squadron  conducted  the  prizes  they  had 
made  to  the  coast  of  France,  and  returned  to  Hull  the 
Friday  noon,  attended  by  other  Dunkirk  privateers. 

On  Saturday  night  another  express  arrived  at  the  Ad- 
miralty from  Hull,  (which  set  out  at  three  in  the  morn- 


CONTEMPORARY  ACCOUNTS  43 

ing)  with  the  further  disagreeable  intelHgence,  that  Paul 
Jones's  squadron,  after  having  done  more  mischief  in  the 
shipping  on  Friday,  had  fell  in  with  the  Baltic  fleet  (for 
which  purpose  he  principally  ventured  to  cruize  in  the 
North  Channel)  and  had  taken  their  convoy,  the  Scrapis 
man  of  war  of  44  guns,  Capt.  Pearson,  and  the  armed 
ship  hired  to  government  by  a  gentleman  of  Hull,  called 
the  Countess  of  Scarborough,  Capt.  Piercy  of  24  guns. 
This  action  was  seen  by  thousands  of  spectators,  and  the 
last  express  was  dispatched  in  consequence  of  it,  and  see- 
ing the  other  ships  of  Jones's  squadron  making  havock 
among  the  fleet;  most  of  which  however,  had  taken  shel- 
ter near  Flamborough  and  the  Head. 

From  the  four  captured  Americans  it  was  discovered, 
that  this  fleet  sailed  (with  stores  for  three  months)  from 
Brest,  the  beginning  of  August ;  and  that  two  other  small 
squadrons  were  to  sail  soon  after  them  for  the  coasts  of 
Ireland  and  Wales.  They  were  all  in  the  service  of  the 
Congress  and  few,  or  no,  French  seamen  on  board. 

Their  plan  generally  was  to  alarm  the  coasts  of  Wales, 
Ireland,  the  Western  parts  of  Scotland  and  the  North 
Channel,  while  the  combined  fleets  kept  Sir  Charles 
Hardy  at  bay  to  the  Westward.  Jones  took  several 
prizes  on  the  Coast  of  Ireland,  (particularly  two  armed 
transports  with  stores  for  New  York)  in  the  North  Sea, 
and  near  the  Firth  of  Forth,  and  had  it  in  his  power  to 
have  burnt  Leith ;  but  his  orders  are  only  to  destroy  ship- 
ping. His  squadron  is  now  but  weakly  manned,  owing 
to  the  great  number  of  prizes  he  has  taken,  and  it  will 
likely  fall  an  easy  conquest  to  the  sixteen  sail  of  men  of 
war  who  have  orders  to  go  after  him. 

The  Scrapis  man  of  war  lost  her  main  mast,  bowsprit, 
and  mizzen  top  mast  before  she  struck ;  and  the  Countess 
of  Scarborough  made  an  exceeding  good  defence  against 


44  PAUL  JONES 

one  of  the  32  gun  frigates.  The  enemy's  44  gun  ship  was 
not  in  the  action,  and  the  Serapis  struck  to  Jones's  ship 
and  the  other  32  gun  frigate. 

Expresses  also  arrived  on  Saturday  from  Sunderland, 
stating  that  Paul  Jones  had  taken  sixteen  sail  of  colliers. 

In  consequence  of  the  capture  of  so  many  colliers,  and 
the  interception  of  the  trade,  the  price  of  coals  will  be 
enormous. 

Instead  of  having  the  dominion  of  the  sea,  it  is  now- 
evident  that  we  are  not  able  to  defend  our  own  coast  from 
depredations. 

"The  Morning  Post   and   Daily   Advertiser,"   Thurs- 
day, September  23,  1779. 

The  father  of  the  famous  Paul  Jones  was  lately  gar- 
dener to  Lord  Selkirk,  and  now  lives  in  his  Lordship's 
neighborhood  at  Scotland.  We  mention  this  circum- 
stance, as  it  has  escaped  the  general  account  given  of 
Jones  in  the  morning  papers. 

"LfOndon  Evening  Post,"  Monday,  September  27,  1779. 

[Extract  of  a  letter  from  Scarbro',   Sept.  21.] 

"Yesterday  a  ship  (two  decker)  a  frigate,  a  sloop  and 
a  cutter,  appeared  about  a  mile  off  the  Pier,  supposed  to 
be  French ;  they  fired  at  several  ships,  took  two  and 
obliged  two  others  to  run  into  the  harbour,  damaging 
their  rigging  and  sails  by  keeping  a  continual  fire  after 
them ;  they  then  steered  their  course  to  the  northward." 

A  letter  from  Sunderland,  dated  the  20th  Sept.  says, 
that  an  express  arrived  there  the  i8th  from  Aymouth, 
with  information  that  Paul  Jones  was  off  there,  with  five 
sail  of  ships  of  war  and  2,000  troops  on  board,  that  on 


CONTEMPORARY  ACCOUNTS  45 

the  19th  they  appeared  off  Sunderland,  and  came  up  with- 
in two  miles,  which  put  the  inhabitants  into  great  confu- 
sion, as  they  expected  them  to  land  every  hour,  or  destroy 
the  ships  in  the  harbour.  The  inhabitants  and  soldiers 
got  immediately  under  arms,  and  continued  so  at  the 
writing  of  the  letter,  as  they  were  still  in  sight. 


"The  Morning  Post  and  Daily  Advertiser,"  Monday, 
September  27,  1779. 

The  celebrated  Paul  Jones  has  removed  the  seat  of 
action  from  the  coast  of  Ireland  to  the  Humber,  between 
York  and  Lincolnshire,  where  he  is  now  carrying  on  his 
depredations  very  successfully,  having  captured  sixteen 
colliers,  two  days  ago. 

"The  Morning  Post  and  Daily  Advertiser,"  Monday, 
September  27,  1779. 

It  is  reported  that  the  Serapis  frigate,  of  forty-four 
guns,  Capt.  Pearson,  in  company  with  the  Countess  of 
Scarborough,  armed  ship  of  twenty-four  guns.  Captain 
Piercy,  fell  in  with  Paul  Jones  and  another  ship  of  his 
squadron  on  Friday  last,  in  lat.,  53.45  N.,  Ion.  1.30:  E. 
and  that  a  sharp  engagement  ensued,  which  continued 
near  five  hours,  when  the  enemy  were  reinforced  by  a 
frigate  of  28  guns,  and  a  cutter  mounting  12,  to  which 
superior  force  the  Serapis  and  the  Countess  of  Scar- 
borough were  obliged  to  strike.  The  vessel  which  Jones 
commands,  mounts  54  guns,  and  during  the  action  kept 
American  and  French  colours  flying :  There  is  the  great- 
est reason  however,  to  expect  his  squadron  and  prizes  will 
yet  fall  into  our  hands,  as  the  Winchclsea,  and  three  frig- 
ates of  force  are  cruizing  off  Yarmouth  for  that  purpose. 


46  PAUL  JONES 

"London  Evening  Post,"  Tuesday,  September  28,  1779. 

[Extract  of  a  letter  from  Hull,  Sept.  25.] 

"On  examination  of  one  of  the  ship's  crew  retaken 
from  Paul  Jones,  we  learn,  that  he  had  pilots  on  board 
for  every  part  of  this  coast,  from  Edinburgh  to  Harwich, 
and  that  he  had  taken  fifteen  sail  of  vessels,  some  he  had 
ransomed,  and  others  sent  to  France — that  he  had  five 
hundred  men  on  board  his  own  ship  when  he  left  Brest, 
and  that  the  complements  of  the  whole  fleet  were  above 
two  thousand ;  that  they  had  provisions  for  three  months, 
and  an  amazing  quantity  of  military  stores,  as  shot  and 
gunpowder ;  that  the  seamen  were  exercised  daily  with 
small  arms,  in  case  of  their  going  on  shore,  as  a  debarka- 
tion was  intended  when  crews  were  English  and  Irish, 
many  of  them  taken  out  of  the  prisons  at  Brest  and  St. 
Maloes,  where  any  prisoner  was  offered  his  liberty  to 
serve  on  board  his  fleet — there  were  very  few  Americans, 
but  more  French,  and  some  neutrals,  as  Dutch  and  Ger- 
mans— they  gave  but  small  bounties  at  first  for  the  men 
to  enter,  as  the  promises  that  were  made  them  that  they 
would  all  return  with  fortunes,  had  a  great  effect ;  but 
men  growing  scarce  they  were  obliged  to  pay  very  hand- 
somely for  them,  and  some  of  the  ships  were  obliged  to 
come  away  without  the  complement  intended,  as  they  all 
brought  more  away  than  they  had  need  to  work  the  ship 
and  fight  the  guns,  in  order  to  be  the  better  enabled  to 
man  the  prizes  they  should  take,  and  not  reduce  their 
proper  complement  in  case  of  meeting  with  a  powerful 
enemy." 

*         *         *         * 

The  master  of  a  sloop  from  Harwich,  who  arrived  yes- 
terday in  the  Pool  saw  on  Saturday  last  no  less  than 


CONTEMPORARY  ACCOUNTS  47 

eleven  sail  of  war  going  in  search  of  Paul  Jones,  and 
among  them  was  the  Edgar  of  74  guns. 

Capt.  Pearson  who  commanded  the  Serapis  of  44  guns, 
which  was  taken  by  Paul  Jones,  was  appointed  to  the 
Endymion  of  44  guns  lately  launched  at  Liehouse,  and  fit- 
ting out  there  for  sea,  and  was  coming  from  all  his  station 
in  the  North  Sea  to  go  on  board  of  her. 


"London  Evening  Post,"  Tuesday,  September  28,  1779. 

[Extract  of  a  letter  from  Newcastle,  Sept.  25.] 

"The  little  squadron  commanded  by  Paul  Jones,  after 
leaving  the  Firth  of  Forth,  directed  its  course  along  the 
coast  southward,  and  excited  no  small  fears  in  the  inhabi- 
tants along  shore  as  they  passed.  About  five  on  Sunday 
afternoon  they  appeared  off  Tynmouth,  and  after  parad- 
ing a  while  in  the  offing,  proceeded  onwards  to  Sunder- 
land, and  so  much  alarmed  the  inhabitants  of  that  place, 
that  many  of  them  immediately  had  their  valuable  effects 
either  buried  in  the  earth,  or  conveyed  up  the  country. 
The  militia  there  beat  to  arms,  and,  with  many  of  the 
town's  people,  lined  the  shore  until  the  next  morning; 
but  no  descent  was  attempted,  the  enemy  continuing  their 
course  to  the  southward. 

"The  Emerald  frigate  of  32  guns  appeared  off  Sunder- 
land on  Monday  morning,  when  four  foyboat  men  were 
sent  off  to  her  to  give  information  of  the  above  squadron  ; 
the  sea  running  exceeding  high  at  the  time,  made  the 
spectators  on  shore  fear  much  for  their  safety ;  but  hap- 
pily they  effected  their  errand,  and  were  kindly  received 
on  board." 

Monday  the  Content  sailed  from  Shields,  and  joined 
the  Emerald  frigate,  to  go  in  quest  of  the  above  squadron. 


48  PAUL  JONES 

The  following  particulars  are  from  the  information  of 
the  master  of  the  Speedivell  sloop  of  Hull,  which  was 
taken  and  ransomed  by  the  said  squadron,  and  who  made 
oath  to  the  fact  thereof  before  the  Mayor  of  this  town 
on  Wednesday. 

"Sunday  last,  about  four  leagues  off  Tynmouth  bar, 
the  Speedwell  sloop,  of  Hull,  and  the  Union  brig,  of 
Chatham,  were  taken  by  the  nine  pounders,  in  company 
with  a  two  decked  ship  of  forty-four  eighteen  pounders 
(name  not  known)  commanded  by  Paul  Jones,  and  a 
snow  of  fourteen  nine  pounders,  called  the  Vengeance 
(master's  name  not  known).  After  taking  them,  Jones 
and  the  master  of  the  Pallas  disagreed  concerning  the 
capture ;  Jones  proposed  to  turn  the  brig  into  a  fire  ship, 
and  to  send  her  into  Shields  harbour,  to  which  the  master 
of  the  Pallas  would  not  consent ;  the  master  of  the  Pallas 
proposed  to  ransom  the  sloop,  as  she  had  a  woman  with 
child  on  board,  to  which  Jones  would  not  consent ;  how- 
ever, the  next  day,  about  twelve  leagues  off  the  land,  be- 
tween Scarborough  and  Filay  Bay,  the  brig  was  plun- 
dered and  sunk,  and  the  sloop  ransomed  for  pool,  the 
mate  taken  hostage.  Jones  had  one  or  two,  and  the 
Pallas  three  or  four  English  masters,  and  a  number  of 
other  prisoners  on  board,  belonging  to  ships  that  had  been 
taken  and  destroyed — The  master  of  the  sloop  said,  he 
was  informed  that  Jones  had  200  marines  on  board. 
Jones  declared  that  his  orders  were  to  ransom  none,  but 
to  burn,  sink  or  destroy  all. — The  master  of  the  Pallas, 
in  the  ransom  bill,  stiles  himself  thus : 

"  'Denis  Nicholas  Cotineau,  of  Keloguen,  Captain  of  a 
man  of  war  in  the  service  of  the  United  States  of  Amer- 
ica, and  Commander  of  the  American  frigate  the  Pallas.' 
— They  hoisted  English  colours,  but  the  Captain  of  the 


CONTEMPORARY  ACCOUNTS  49 

sloop  saw  that  they  had  also  American  and  Swedish  col- 
ours." 


"London  Evening  Post,"  Tuesday,  September  28,  1779. 
[Extract  of  a  letter  from  Yarmouth,  Sept.  24.] 

"Last  night  we  had  a  great  deal  of  damage  done  in  our 
roads  amongst  the  shipping,  by  the  violent  storm  of  wind, 
thunder,  lightening,  and  rain.  A  great  many  pieces  of 
wrecks  were  brought  on  shore  the  next  morning.  Two 
colliers  were  driven  on  shore  just  below  this  town,  and 
it  is  feared  will  be  lost.  Some  vessels  were  driven  out 
to  sea.  By  some  of  the  pieces  of  wreck  there  appears  to 
be  part  of  a  French  vessel,  so  that  we  imagine  that  one  or 
both  of  the  French  privateers  are  lost,  which  have  for 
some  time  been  cruizing  in  these  seas,  and  have  taken  sev- 
eral prizes  and  sent  them  for  France." 


Friday  morning  the  principal  inhabitants  of  Yarmouth 
met,  and  agreed  to  petition  the  Lords  of  the  Admiralty 
for  a  number  of  ships  to  be  sent  down  for  the  better  pro- 
tection of  that  town  and  trade. 

The  Fly  sloop  of  war  that  beat  off  the  two  privateers 
who  engaged  him  in  hopes  of  capturing  the  packets,  al- 
lured by  the  expectation  of  a  large  ransom  for  the  noble 
passengers,  is  got  safe  into  the  Elbe.  The  Fly  carried 
only  14  guns,  and  was  scanty  of  powder.  The  privateers 
were  stoutly  manned,  and  one  of  them  carried  20  guns, 
the  other  18. 

The  Baltic  fleet  of  70  sail,  under  convoy  of  the  Serapis, 
Scarborough,  taken  by  Paul  Jones's  squadron,  made  off, 
on  the  first  of  the  engagement,  for  Scarborough  Bay,  and 
all  got  safe  within  the  Castle. 


50  PAUL  JONES 

"The  Gazetteer  and  New  Daily  Advertiser,"  Wednes- 
day, September  29,  1779. 

There  is  a  report  in  town,  that  Paul  Jones's  ship  went 
to  the  bottom  soon  after  the  engagement  with  the  Serapis 
and  the  Countess  of  Scarborough.  This  is  said  to  be  con- 
firmed on  the  depositions  of  a  boat's  crew  that  put  into 
Flamborough-head.  It  seems  that  some  English  sailors, 
who  had  escaped  from  a  prison  in  France,  pretended  to  be 
Americans,  and  under  that  name  they  were  taken  on 
board  the  Alliance,  one  of  Paul  Jones's  squadron.  After 
the  engagement,  Paul  Jones  made  a  signal  of  distress,  and 
these  men,  among  others,  were  sent  in  a  boat  to  his  assist- 
ance ;  but  instead  of  affording  him  any,  they  made  the 
best  of  their  way  to  Flamborough,  where  they  arrived; 
and  they  have  declared  on  oath,  that  they  saw  the  ship 
go  to  the  bottom.  We  only  give  this  as  the  report  of  the 
coffeehouses  about  'Change. 

"London  Evening  Post,"  Tuesday,  September  28,  1779. 

[Postscript.] 

The  London  Gazette  has  made  the  most  of  the  Penob- 
scot business ;  and  the  ministerial  runners  and  writers, 
magnify  it  as  much  as  they  can.  They  have  so  few  vic- 
tories to  rejoice  at,  that  we  could  pardon  their  exulta- 
tions, if  we  did  not  know  that  there  was  more  real  cause 
for  weeping  than  rejoicing.  The  only  thing  that  Sir 
Henry  Clinton  has  been  able  to  do,  during  this  whole 
campaign,  was  getting  possession  of  "that  important  post. 
Stony  Point,  up  the  North  River."  And  General  Wash- 
ington watches  his  opportunity ;  takes  it  by  surprize,  with 
all  the  cannon,  mortars,  &c.  carries  them  all  off,  and  then 
dismantles  it.  This  is  another  Trenton  affair.  With  this 
difference.     The  Hessians  at  Trenton  were  made  prison- 


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ers.  The  garrison  at  Stony  Point  were  put  to  the  sword, 
above  four  hundred.  This  was  in  retaliation  for  certain 
cruelties,  committed  by  our  soldiers  last  year.  These 
massacres  were  too  bad  to  be  related,  even  in  our  Scotch 
Gazette.  Of  one  of  these  massacres,  some  English  officers 
said  "it  was  fortunately  quite  dark,  and  they  only  heard 
it ;  if  it  had  been  daylight  they  could  not  have  bore  the 
sight."  The  Scotch  officers  thought  there  was  no  need 
of  it.     The  refugees  alone  rejoiced. 

The  Gazette  is  silent  respecting  Paidus  Hook.  Is  it  not 
taken  by  the  American  ?  And  were  not  the  troops  found 
in  it  put  to  the  sword  ? 

What  will  be  the  consequence  of  burning  Fairfield  and 
Norwalk?  Paul  Jones  had  done  no  mischief  yet;  but 
had  he  known  of  burning  these  towns,  is  it  not  probable, 
he  would  have  burned  Leith  and  Hull  ?  They  were  as 
completely  at  his  mercy.  When  this  burning  business 
comes  to  be  retaliated  upon  our  own  coasts,  we  shall  then 
see  the  Ministers  scribblers  expatiating  upon  the  cruelty 
of  it,  of  its  being  contrary  to  the  rules  of  war,  &c  and 
those  public  prints,  which  are  paid  and  bribed,  by  the 
public  money,  for  deserting  and  betraying  the  public 
interest,  who  print  every  lie  for  Ministers,  but  refuse 
every  truth  against  them,  will  be  the  foremost  to  publish 
those  complaints,  which  they  now  approve  in  others.  The 
nation  cannot  be  misled  much  longer;  the  tricks  of  the 
Court  in  buying  the  newspapers,  and  sending  about  their 
runners,  are  become  so  obvious,  people  cannot  now  be 
duped  by  them,  as  they  have  been. 

By  the  examination  of  the  four  men,  belonging  to  one 
of  Paul  Jones's  squadron,  before  the  Mayor  and  Magis- 
trates of  Hull,  it  appears,  that  Jones's  orders  were  not 
to  burn  any  houses  or  towns.  What  an  example  of  hon- 
our and  greatness  does  America  thus  show  to  us !     While 


52  PAUL  JONES 

our  troops  are  running  about  from  town  to  town  on  their 
coast,  and  burning  every  thing,  with  a  wanton,  wicked, 
and  deliberate  barbarity,  Dr.  Franklin  gives  no  orders  to 
retaliate.  He  is  above  it.  And  there  was  a  time  when 
an  English  Minister  would  have  disdained  to  make  war 
in  so  villainous  a  mode.  It  is  a  disgrace  to  the  nation. 
But  notwithstanding  the  moderation  hitherto  shown  by 
the  Americans,  upon  our  own  coast,  it  is  to  be  feared  that 
moderation  will  cease  in  a  little  time. 

Paul  Jones  could  have  burned  Leith  the  other  day,  with 
the  greatest  ease,  and  another  little  town  near  it ;  but  his 
orders  were  peremptory,  not  to  burn  any  towns.  Bate 
and  Knox  must  whitewash  Lord  George  Germaine,  and 
say,  that  the  burning  the  towns  lately  in  America,  was 
not  done  by  his  orders.  Falsehood  agrees  with  all  their 
characters. 

"The  General  Advertiser  and  Morning  Intelligencer," 
Tuesday,  September  28,  1779. 

Some  people  are  surprised  why  Paul  Jones  and  his 
squadron,  have  not  burnt  the  towns  on  the  Northern 
Coast  which  he  has  visited.  True,  he  had  it  in  his 
power;  but  they  ought  not  to  be  surprised  at  it.  Paul 
Jones  is  a  pirate  indeed,  a  plunderer,  but  he  is  not  a  Bar- 
barian ;  he  does  not  hold  his  commission  from  the  Admin- 
istration of  Britain,  and  therefore  he  has  no  order  to 
ravage  and  lay  waste  its  dwellings  of  the  innocent.  Per- 
haps, indeed,  as  soon  as  the  reports  of  Sir  George  Col- 
lier's conduct  have  reached  him,  he  will  think  it  his  duty 
to  retaliate  upon  us;  and  since  neither  the  laws  of  war, 
nor  the  dictates  of  humanity,  can  restrain  us  from  going 
into  all  the  extremes  of  bloodshed,  he  will  try  what  the 
force  of  retaliation  can  effect.  Good  God !  what  fools 
and  madmen  are  those  who  venture  to  destroy  the  towns 


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of  the  Americans  in  so  lawless  a  manner.  Their  horrid 
example  brings  desolation  on  this  country.  We  may- 
congratulate  ourselves  indeed,  on  the  conquest  of  Sir 
George  Collier ;  by  that  conquest  we  shall  have  no  coasts 
ravaged  and  desolated,  our  towns  and  cottages  burnt  to 
ashes,  and  all  the  extremes  of  war  reviewed  in  the  present 
day  of  civilization. 

"London    Evening    Post,"    Thursday,    September    30, 
1779. 

[Extract  of  a  letter  from  Edinburgh,  Sept.  25.] 
"Last  night  the  Emerald  frigate,  Capt.  Marshall,  and 
the  London  and  Content  armed  ships,  arrived  in  Leith 
Roads  from  the  Nore.  These  ships,  with  the  Syren  and 
Three  Sisters,  we  are  informed,  are  to  scour  the  coasts. 
It  is  somewhat  remarkable,  and  at  the  same  time  a  very 
fortunate  circumstance,  that  neither  the  Emerald  and  her 
companions,  nor  the  London  trade,  who  were  not  in  com- 
pany with  the  Emerald,  fell  in  with  Paul  Jones,  though 
they  must  inevitably  have  passed  him,  and  the  Yorkshire 
coast  for  several  days." 

*         *         *         * 

[Extract  of  a  letter  from  Scarborough,  Sept.  26.] 
"On  Wednesday  the  red  flag  was  hoisted  out  at  the 
Castle,  as  a  signal  that  an  enemy  was  on  the  coast,  which 
was  Paul  Jones  and  his  fleet ;  Thursday  evening  we  were 
told  that  there  was  an  engagement  at  sea ;  I  immediately 
threw  up  the  sash  of  the  room  I  w^as  in,  and  we  had  a  fair 
view  of  the  engagement,  which  appeared  very  severe,  for 
the  firing  was  frequently  so  quick  that  we  could  scarce 
count  the  shots.  Annexed  I  send  you  a  copy  of  an  affi- 
davit, by  which  you  will  see  what  this  engagement  was. 
The  next   day    (Friday)    six  sail  w^ere   seen  about  two 


54  PAUL  JONES 

leagues  off  at  sea,  much  shattered,  one  of  which,  a  large 
ship,  had  lost  her  mainmast ;  they  kept  their  station  all 
that  day  ;  yesterday  morning  they  were  gone  to  the  North- 
ward, as  is  supposed,  for  the  wind  would  not  suit  for  any 
other  quarter;  this  morning  eight  of  our  ships  of  war 
appeared  in  sight,  and  which  are  gone  in  search  of  this 
rascal  Jones.  I  hope  they  will  be  able  to  come  up  with, 
and  take  him." 

[Affidavit.] 

"East  Riding  of  Yorkshire.  The  examination  of 
Thomas  Berry,  born  at  North  Shields,  taken  upon  oath 
before  Humphrey  Osbaldiston,  one  of  his  Majesty's  Jus- 
tices of  the  Peace  in  and  for  the  said  Riding,  the  24th  of 
September,  1779,  who  says,  he  was  taken  about  eighteen 
month  ago  in  the  Hazvke  letter  of  marque,  and  carried 
into  Port  I'Orient ;  in  hopes  of  getting  his  liberty  he 
entered  six  months  on  board  Paul  Jones's  ship,  Le  Bon 
Homme  Richard,  of  forty  guns,  and  about  350  men ;  they 
sailed  from  I'Orient  about  two  months  ago ;  their  force 
consisted  of  Le  Bon  Homme  Richard;  the  Alliance,  an 
American  frigate  of  36  guns ;  the  Monsieur,  36  guns, 
and  the  Pallas,  of  32  guns ;  also  the  Vengeance  brig,  of 
12  guns,  and  the  Granville  of  12  guns ;  with  a  cutter  of 
18  guns,  which  is  supposed  to  be  taken  on  the  coast  of  Ire- 
land. They  sailed  from  I'Orient  to  the  Western  Coast  of 
Ireland,  from  thence  to  the  North  of  Scotland,  where 
they  took  a  valuable  prize  bound  to  Quebec,  laden  with 
military  stores ;  and  another  prize,  a  letter  of  marque, 
from  Liverpool ;  also  two  other  prizes,  and  several  col- 
liers were  sunk  near  Whitby.  Jones's  squadron  had  been 
six  days  between  Berwick  and  the  Humber,  and  his 
declared  intentions  were  to  make  a  descent  somewhere  on 
the  coast ;  and  on  Tuesday  last  ordered  all  his  oars  to  be 


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muffled,  and  the  boats  ready  to  be  hoisted  out ;  and  on 
Wednesday  morning  the  Aliiancc  and  Pallas  rejoined 
Jones  off  Flamborough  Head  ;  and  on  Thursday  evening, 
about  seven  o'clock,  they  met  with  the  East  country  fleet, 
convoyed  by  a  40  gun  ship  and  an  armed  ship  ;  the  40  gun 
ship  engaged  Jones  alone  about  four  hours,  till  Jones's  fire 
ceased  ;  having  been  several  times  on  fire  and  very  near 
sinking,  he  called  to  the  Alliance  for  assistance,  which 
came  up,  and  gave  the  40  gun  ship  a  broadside,  which 
being  totally  disabled,  struck.  Jones's  officers  called  to 
the  Alliance  to  hoist  out  their  boats,  as  their  ship  was 
sinking  in  one  of  which  the  deponent  and  six  other  men 

made  their  escape  to  Filey." 

*         *         *         * 

In  the  engagement  between  the  Scrapis  and  Paul  Jones, 
his  vessel  was  so  disabled,  that  the  Captain  of  the  Scrapis 
called  out  to  Jones's  to  strike,  else  he  would  sink  him. 
To  which  the  latter -replied,  "that  he  might  if  he  could: 
for  whenever  the  Devil  was  ready  to  take  him,  he  would 
rather  obey  his  summons,  than  strike  to  any  one."  And 
if  another  of  Jones's  squadron  had  not  come  to  his  relief, 
he  would  have  soon  gone  to  the  bottom. — The  foregoing 
account  is  from  the  affidavits  of  seven  seamen,  who  made 
their  escape  after  the  engagement,  before  the  Mayor  of 
Hull ;  and  they  add,  that  during  the  engagement  Paul 
Jones  (who  was  dressed  in  a  short  jacket  and  long  trou- 
sers, with  about  12  charged  pistols  slung  in  a  belt  round 
his  middle,  and  a  cutlass  in  his  hand)  shot  seven  of  his 
men  for  deserting  from  their  quarters  ;  and  to  his  nephew, 
whom  he  thought  a  little  dastardly,  he  said,  "That  d — n 
his  eyes  he  would  not  blow  his  brains  out,  but  he  would 
pepper  his  shins,"  and  actually  had  the  barbarity  to  shoot 
at  the  lad's  legs,  who  is  a  lieutenant  in  his  ship. 

The  Serapis,  lately  built  at  Deptford,  and  taken  by 


56  PAUL  JONES 

Jones,  is  one  of  the  completest  ships  in  the  navy ;  she  is 
built  on  a  new  construction,  sheathed  with  copper,  and 
had  not  been  long  out. 

^         ^         ^         ^ 

[Extract  of  a  letter   from  a  gentleman  at   Hull  to   his  corre- 
spondent in  London,  dated   Sept.  27.] 

"You  will  perhaps,  before  this  comes  to  hand,  have 
heard  of  an  engagement  which  happened  last  Thursday 
night  off  Flamborough  Head,  between  Paul  Jones's  fleet, 
and  the  convoy  coming  with  the  Baltic  fleet.  The  action 
was  long  and  bloody ;  but  the  convoy  say,  the  Sera  pis  man 
of  war,  of  40  guns,  and  the  Countess  of  Scarborough, 
armed  ship,  of  20  guns,  being  overpowered  by  numbers, 
were  obliged  to  strike.  Jones's  ship  in  particular  was 
almost  a  wreck,  and  must  soon  have  struck,  had  not  one 
of  his  frigate  come  up  to  his  assistance.  He  was  seen 
most  of  Friday  with  his  fleet  and  the  two  ships  taken ;  but 
in  the  evening,  stood  off  to  sea,  and  is  supposed  to  be  gone 
for  some  port  in  Norway  to  refit ;  but  as  the  Serapis,  and 
his  own  vessel,  were  so  much  crippled,  the  other  ships 
would  be  obliged  to  take  them  in  tow ;  and  as  we  heard 
last  night  for  certain  by  a  Captain  of  one  of  the  London 
cutters,  that  he  parted  yesterday  morning  with  a  frigate, 
a  brig,  and  three  cutters  of  force  off  the  Spurn  Point, 
which  were  sent  by  the  Admiralty  in  quest  of  Paul  Jones, 
we  have  the  greatest  room  to  hope  they  will  come  up  with 
them  before  they  can  reach  Norway.  If  fortunately  they 
do,  hope  we  shall  soon  have  the  pleasing  news  of  his  fleet 
being  taken,  and  our  two  ships  likewise.  The  Baltic  fleet 
all  run  to  the  Northward  upon  the  first  alarm  being  given, 
saving  two  ships  which  are  safe  arrived  here ;  have  not 
heard  of  one  being  taken,  but  prior  to  his  meeting  with 
the  said  fleet,  he  had  taken  several  ships  in  the  North 
seas ;  what  a  pity  it  was  the  Admiralty  did  not  send  a 


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sufficient  force  to  meet  him,  so  soon  as  he  made  his  ap- 
pearance on  this  coast ;  they  had  time  sufficient  to  have 
done  it  since  he  first  appeared  off  the  coast  of  Scotland; 
but  this  keeps  pace  with  all  their  movements,  always  a 
dav  or  two  too  late." 


A  letter  from  Hull,  dated  Sept.  26,  which  may  be  de- 
pended upon,  says,  "A  little  past  five  this  afternoon  an 
express  arrived  from  Mr.  Foster,  of  Bridlington,  to  the 
Mayor  of  this  place,  which  relates,  that  between  eight  and 
nine  this  morning  Paul  Jones,  with  his  fleet,  was  seen  off 
Flamborough  Head,  steering  to  the  northward;  that  he 
was  scarcely  out  of  sight,  when  three  frigates,  two  large 
armed  ships,  and  two  sloops  appeared  there,  (sent  by  the 
Admiralty)  who  immediately  pursued  the  same  course 
after  him." 

The  ships  gone  in  pursuit  of  Jones's  squadron  are  two 
frigates  of  36  guns,  one  of  28,  three  of  20,  and  two  armed 
ships,  one  of  which  mounts  28  guns,  and  the  other  20. 

"The   Morning  Post  and   Daily  Advertiser,"   Thurs- 
day, September  30,  1779. 

[Anecdote  of  Paul  Jones's  cruelty.] 

Paul  Jones,  or  John  Paul,  which  is  his  real  name,  is  a 
man  of  savage  disposition ; — He  was  for  many  years  a 
commander  of  a  coasting  vessel,  in  which  time  he  com- 
mitted many  barbarities  upon  his  crew,  for  some  of  which 
he  has  been  tried  by  the  laws  of  his  country : — but  one  in 
particular  will  forever  stamp  his  character  as  a  dark  as- 
sassin. Between  Whitehaven  and  Bristol,  he  took  a  dis- 
like to  one  of  his  crew,  and  meditated  revenge,  which  he 
performed  as  follows : — "One  evening  upon  deck,  he  be- 
haved with  more  than  common  civility  towards  him,  and 


58  PAUL  JONES 

calling  him  aside  to  do  something  of  the  ship's  duty,  the 
unsuspecting  man  went,  when  Jones  desired  him  to  lay 
hold  of  a  rope,  which  was  out  of  his  reach ;  Jones  then  de- 
sired him  to  stand  upon  a  board;  (the  board  having  been 
so  balanced,  as  a  small  weight  would  overturn  it)  which 
he  did,  when  he  fell  into  the  sea  and  was  drowned." — ■ 
Thus  he  got  rid  of  an  innocent  man  without  being  sus- 
pected his  murderer. 

"London  Evening  Post,"  Friday,  October  i,  1779. 

[Extract  of  a  letter  from  Jamaica,  July  23rd.] 

The  William,  Capt.  Lucas,  from  Glasgow  to  Halifax, 
with  bedding  and  soldiers'  cloathes,  was  taken  on  Thurs- 
day se'n  night,  on  the  coast  of  Scotland,  by  Paul  Jones, 
and  ransomed  for  1000  guineas ;  he  allowed  her  six 
weeks  to  perform  her  voyage  in. 

[Extract  of  a  letter  from  Sunderland,  Sept.  26th.] 

"A  vessel  from  the  East  country  arrived  here  this 
morning,  the  master  of  which  says,  that  on  his  passage 
across  he  saw  a  fleet  of  about  twelve  sail  standing  for  the 
Sound,  or  some  ports  near  it;  that  two  or  three  of  them 
were  large  ships ;  and  from  what  he  has  learned  since 
his  coming  on  shore  he  believes,  and  with  great  reason, 
that  they  might  be  Jones's  squadron,  augmented  by  the 
prizes  he  took  from  the  Baltic  fleet ;  not  having  heard 
any  thing  of  him  since  the  engagement  with  the  Serapis, 
the  above  gains  credit  with  us,  as  he  knew  very  well 
that  he  could  not  safely  go  North  about,  and  the  wind 
not  fair  for  Dunkirk." 


THE  VAIN  PURSUIT 


THE  VAIN  PURSUIT 

"The  Morning  Post  and  Daily  Advertiser,"  Friday, 
October  i,  1779. 

No  accounts  whatever  were  received  of  Paul  Jones  by 
the  several  mails  which  came  to  the  post  office  yesterday, 
nor  by  any  express,  or  otherwise;  it  is  therefore  sup- 
posed that  he  has  crossed  the  seas  to  Norway  or  Sweden. 

Paul  Jones  resembles  a  Jack  O'Lantern,  to  mislead  our 
mariners  and  terrify  our  coasts.  He  is  no  sooner  seen 
than  lost;  Hey!  Presto!— like  Mungo  in  the  Farce— 
"Mungo  here,  Mungo  there,  and  Mungo  everywhere!" 

In  the  engagement  between  the  Serapis  and  Paul  Jones, 
his  vessel  was  so  disabled,  that  the  captain  of  the  Serapis 
called  out  to  Jones  to  strike,  else  he  would  sink  him. 

"London  Evening  Post,"  Saturday,  October  3,  1779. 

A  Danish  ship  has  brought  advice,  that  on  Tuesday 
evening  she  saw  Paul  Jones,  and  his  squadron  near  the 
coast  of  England,  and  that  in  three  hours  afterwards  she 
met  the  IVinchclsea,  Captain  Saxton,  and  other  frigates, 
in  pursuit  of  that  daring  rover;  there  is  every  reason, 
therefore,  to  imagine  that  we  shall  very  soon  have  some 
account  of  him. 

"London  Evening  Post,"  Saturday,  October  2,  1779. 

[Memoirs  of  the  celebrated  Paul  Jones.] 
This   now   American   Commodore,   and  terror  of   the 
Irish  Seas,  is,  by  birth,  a  Scotchman,  and  is  said  never 

61 


62  PAUL  JONES 

to  have  disgraced  his  country  in  one  single  instance  of 
being  too  nice  and  delicate  in  the  means  of  promoting  his 
interests.  His  outset  was  a  cabbin  boy,  when  by  degrees 
he  got  to  be  master  of  a  Scotch  trader,  and  in  that  capac- 
ity made  several  voyages  to  the  West  Indies. 

Whilst  he  was  on  this  trade,  the  following  anecdote  is 
told  of  him,  which  will  mark  the  character  of  the  man 
much  better  than  more  verbose  descriptions : 

There  was  on  board  his  ship  a  carpenter  put  in  by 
one  of  his  owners,  a  man  of  integrity  and  knowledge  in 
liis  business.  With  him  Paul  could  never  agree;  the 
carpenter  was  a  check  upon  the  Captain ;  and  the  Cap- 
tain, knowing  he  had  a  superior  interest  with  the  own- 
ers, would  not  venture  to  discharge  him,  but  plotted  the 
following  manoeuvre  in  order  to  make  him  discharge 
himself. 

As  the  carpenter  was,  in  one  of  the  hot  days,  of  sum- 
mer, laying  fast  asleep  upon  the  deck,  Paul  anointed  his 
hair  pretty  plentifully  with  turpentine,  after  which  he 
laid  a  train  of  gunpowder  at  some  distance,  which  set- 
ting fire  to  the  carpenter,  he  instantly  bounced  up,  and 
in  the  confusion,  which  must  appear  to  a  man  wakened 
out  of  his  sleep,  under  such  alarming  circumstances, 
jumped  overboard,  and  was  never  more  heard  of. 

Some  of  the  sailors,  however,  observing  this  horrid 
action,  lodged  examinations  against  him  on  his  arrival  in 
Scotland ;  but  Paul,  being  good  at  manoeuvring,  so  con- 
trived it,  that  on  his  trial  no  evidence  appeared,  and  he 
was  of  course  acquitted. 

On  the  breaking  out  of  the  American  war,  he  offered 
his  services  to  those  States,  and  was  accepted ;  here 
he  shewed  such  courage  and  dexterity,  that  he  was  soon 
entrusted  with  command  of  a  little  fleet  which  have  been 
very  detrimental  to  the  trade  of  this  country.     During 


CONTEMPORARY  ACCOUNTS  63 

the  course  of  this  service,  he  paid  a  visit  to  Lord  Sel- 
kirk, whilst  that  nobleman  was  from  home,  and  there 
plundered  his  house  of  plate,  and  many  valuable  articles, 
to  a  considerable  amount. 

Paul,  after  this  plunder,  put  into  one  of  the  ports  of 
France,  and  immediately  wrote  up  an  account  of  the  par- 
ticulars to  Dr.  Franklin,  but  that  honest  Statesman,  so 
far  from  applauding  the  conduct  of  Jones  in  thus  at- 
tacking the  private  property  of  a  nobleman,  condemned 
the  measure,  and  immediately  told  him  he  must  make 
restitution.  Paul  made  a  virtue  of  necessity,  and  pre- 
tending to  be  governed  entirely  by  the  recollection  of 
his  own  errors,  wrote  a  letter  to  Lord  Selkirk,  condemn- 
ing the  rashness  of  the  action,  and  begging  his  Lordship 
to  accept  his  plate  back  again,  as  a  mark  of  his  contrition. 

Lord  Selkirk,  with  a  very  peculiar  delicacy,  refused  the 
plate  on  those  terms,  but  wrote  him  word,  as  it  had  been 
in  his  family  for  a  long  time,  he  would  esteem  it  a  favour 
if,  when  it  was  put  up  to  auction  he  would  buy  it  in  for 
him.  Paul  forwarded  Lord  Selkirk's  letter  to  Dr.  Frank- 
lin, who,  not  to  be  outdone  in  delicacy,  took  care  to  have 
few  bidders  for  the  plate,  and  had  it  all  bought  in  at  a 
very  low  price  for  Lord  Selkirk,  to  whom  he  forwarded 
it  by  the  first  opportunity. 

Paul,  soon  after  strengthened  by  a  few  ships,  disdained 
the  plunder  of  individuals,  and  flew  at  a  nobler  game ; 
he  now  cruizes  in  the  Irish  Channel  as  an  American 
Commodore,  and  has  taken  several  ships  of  property  in 
this  department;  where,  to  the  scandal  of  our  naval  gov- 
ernment, he  has  been  suffered  to  plunder  with  inpunity 
for  several  months,  to  the  terror  of  the  inhabitants  of  the 
Western  coasts  of  Ireland,  and  the  actual  loss  of  a  con- 
siderable quantity  of  private  property. 

He  is  between  forty  and  fifty  years  of  age,  of  a  vigor- 


64  PAUL  JONES 

ous,  seasoned  constitution,  not  very  nice  in  his  morals, 
or  refined  in  his  understanding,  but  made  up  of  much 
cunning  and  knowledge  of  the  world.  To  these  he  is 
hazardous  and  cut  ofif,  may  prove  a  thorn  in  the  com- 
merce of  this  country. 

To  the  Printer  of  the  "London  Evening  Post,"  Satur- 
day, October  2,  1779. 

Malton,  Sept.  26. 
Sir, 

I  beg  leave  to  lay  before  the  public  the  following  facts, 
which  I  know  to  be  true  in  every  particular.  I  learnt 
them  at  Scarborough,  which  place  I  left  last  night. 

Paul  Jones's  squadron  appeared  in  sight,  for  the  first 
time,  last  Monday  (the  20th)  off  Scarborough  Castle, 
some  of  his  cruizers  being  to  the  northward,  and  others 
to  the  southward,  for  to  occupy  a  greater  space  and  to 
keep  a  lookout.  He  continued  on  this  station,  or  near 
it,  being  seen  every  day  until  Thursday  when  his  four 
frigates,  as  below,  formed  off  Flamborough  Head. 

That  morning  a  fleet  of  Baltickers  appeared  off  Scar- 
borough Castle,  and  the  Magistrates  sent  a  boat  with  a 
letter  to  inform  Captain  Pearson,  (who,  to  convoy  this 
fleet,  commanded  the  Serapis  man  of  war  of  44  guns, 
capable  to  mount  50,  who  had  also  the  Countess  of  Scar- 
borough armed  ship,  of  18,  or  20  six  pounders,  com- 
manded by  Captain  Percy)  of  Jones  being  on  the  coast 
with  a  fleet  of  two  50  and  one  40  gun  ship,  and  several 
smaller  vessels ;  to  which  Captain  Pearson,  in  reply, 
wrote ;  he  was,  notwithstanding  the  superiority,  not 
afraid  to  meet  the  enemy.  On  this  he  kept  on  his  course, 
and  at  seven  o'clock  in  the  evening  was  attacked  by  Jones 
with  four  frigates,  referred  to  above.    The  action  was  un- 


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doubtedly  very  sharp,  and  lasted  till  eleven  o'clock,  when 
both  his  Majesty's  ships  struck. 

Captain  Pearson  has,  I  dare  say,  made  a  gallant  de- 
fense ;  but  the  prudence  of  risquing  such  a  convoy  to 
the  Southward  when  intelligence  that  such  a  force  was 
on  the  coast,  I  do  not  call  in  question ;  but  doubtless  the 
three  ships  he  was  advised  of,  were  far  superior  to  him ; 
and  tho'  the  intelligence  was  not  quite  exact,  yet  it  turned 
out  pretty  near  the  force,  as  a  40  gun  frigate,  two  of 
36,  and  one  of  32,  are  nearly,  though  not  quite  equal  to 
two  50,  and  one  40  gun  ship. 

The  morning  after  the  action,  a  boat  with  seven  men 
came  on  shore  at  Filay,  a  small  fishing  village,  within 
ten  miles  of  Scarborough.  The  men,  as  by  the  affidavit, 
which  I  supposed  will  be  published,  say,  they  ran  away 
from  Jones ;  but  I  learnt  at  Scarborough,  that  the  general 
opinion  was,  they  had  been  sent  for  intelligence.  The 
whole  affidavit  is  unintelligible,  and  I  believe,  no  way 
near  the  truth  ;  but  the  men  are  secured,  and  sent  to 
Beverley  jail. 

Jones's  squadron  may  be  seen  as  below ;  and  as  the 
seamen  say,  that  the  weather  has  been  fine,  and  he  may 
have  repaired  the  damage  at  sea,  it  is  to  be  feared  he 
has  not  only  got  the  whole  ready  for  service,  but  manned 
and  victualled  out  of  different  prizes  he  has  taken ;  and 
this  day  there  was  certain  advice  at  Scarborough,  of  the 
vessels  below  being  gone  after  Jones.  I  leave  the  public 
to  determine  the  odds ;  but  men  of  knowledge  in  the  sea- 
faring way,  are  afraid,  with  so  bold  and  desperate  an 
enemy,  that  the  English  fleet  has  no  superiority.  It  is 
supposed  he  is  gone  to  Norway  or  Gottenburgh  to  refit. 

I  do  therefore,  Sir,  call  on  my  Lord  Sandwich,  to  have 
a  careful  eye  on  the  North  or  Baltic  Sea.  The  French, 
I  fear,  are  finding  their  way  there  with  fleets,  as  they  did 


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in  the  reign  of  Queen  Anne.  I  believe  the  chance  of 
having  the  supplies  for  the  public  and  merchants  serv- 
ice, will  be  rendered  precarious. 

Jones  may  have  a  reinforcement  sent  him,  as  he  is 
supposed  to  be  high  patronised  in  France.  His  marines, 
60  in  each  vessel,  are  said  to  be  of  that  nation.  If  the 
Admiralty  would  send,  or  have  in  readiness,  three  or 
four  50  gun  ships  and  large  frigates  it  will  be  highly 
prudent,  least  (which  God  in  his  infinite  mercy  forbid  to 
this  poor  country)  any  accident  happen  the  fleet  that  is 
now  looking  out  for  Jones. 

I  hope.  Sir,  it  will  be  observed  by  the  public,  that  the 
Admiralty  have  full  information  of  this  daring  rover, 
every  title  of  which  is  certainly  a  fact. 

Jones's  Squadron  Guns 

*Le  Bonne  Homme  Richard 40 

*  Alliance 36 

^Monsieur 36 

*Pallas , 32 

Brig  Vengeance 12 

I  brig 12 

His  Majesty's  late  ship  Serapis   (lost 

her  mainmast) 44. 

Countess  of  Scarborough 20 

232 

His  Majesty's  squadron  in  search  of  Jones 

Diana,  a  frigate 32 

Another  frigate 32 

An  armed  ship 34 

A  frigate 28 

*  Were  certainly  all  together  when  the  Serapis  was  taken. 

Ebor. 


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An  armed  ship 24 

I   ditto 20 

I   ditto > 20 

I  sloop  of  war 16 

206 

"The  Morning  Post  and  Daily  Advertiser,"  Monday, 
October  4,  1779. 
The  following  ships  appeared  off  Scarborough  on 
Tuesday  morning,  in  pursuit  of  Paul  Jones's  squadron, 
viz. :  The  Prudent,  of  64  guns,  Captain  Burnet ;  Amphi- 
trite,  of  28,  Captain  Byrne;  Pegasus,  of  28,  Captain 
Bazely ;  Medea,  of  28,  Captain  Montague,  and  the  Cham- 
pion, of  24,  Captain  Hamilton ;— Captain  Bazely,  of  the 
Pegasus,  went  on  shore  at  Scarborough,  where  he  stopped 
a  short  time,  in  order  to  get  information  respecting  Jones 
— Various  are  the  reports  and  conjectures  about  this  free- 
booter, but  the  most  general  received  opinion  is,  that  he 
is  got  into  Norway,  and  that  his  manauvres  have  been 
so  prudent  and  successful,  as  to  elude  the  most  active  re- 
searches of  the  different  squadrons  detached  against  him. 

"London  Evening  Post,"  Monday,  October  4,  1779. 

[Extract  of  a  letter  from  North  Shields,  Sept.  21.] 
"A  brig  which  arrived  here  this  morning  from  over 
sea  reports,  that  about  20  leagues  off  this  harbour  she 
descried  a  fleet  of  ships,  supposed  to  be  about  12  sail, 
some  of  them  large  ones,  and  steering  for  the  northward, 
with  all  the  canvas  they  could  set.  He  vv^as  sure  they 
were  no  fleet  to  Scotland,  as  there  were  amongst  them 
vessels  that  were  too  large,  either  for  that  trade,  or  the 
men  of  war  employed  to  protect  it.    We  are  therefore  of 


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opinion  that  it  was  Paul  Jones,  going  round  Scotland  to 
St.  George's  Channel." 

Other  accounts  declare,  that  the  men  of  war  Capt. 
Garner  met  with,  were  the  fleet  of  British  frigates  which 
passed  through  Yarmouth  Roads  on  Friday,  in  pursuit  of 
Paul  Jones's  squadron. 

The  Nancy,  Capt.  Hardy,  from  the  Firth,  is  arrived 
at  Lisbon,  after  being  taken  by  a  French  privateer,  and 
ransomed  for  500  guineas. 

By  a  letter  from  Whitby  we  hear,  that  a  vessel  from 
Liverpool,  laden  with  salt,  is  taken  by  Paul  Jones,  and 
sent  into  some  port  in  France. 

The  Warley,  Capt.  Randall,  from  the  Baltick,  was 
taken  by  Paul  Jones,  and  ransomed  for  500  guineas.  The 
Liberty,  Capt.  Knight,  from  the  Baltick,  which  was  taken 
by  Paul  Jones,  is  arrived  off  Scarborough  after  being 
ransomed  for  1,000  guineas. 

"London  Evening  Post,"  Tuesday,  October  5,  1779. 

A  letter  from  Hull  mentions  that  Paul  Jones  was  on 
Saturday  se'n  night,  12  league  off  Flamborough  Head, 
laying  there  to  refit,  and  the  next  morning  bore  away 
to  N.  N.  E. — A  Dutchman  who  arrived  at  Hull  last  Tues- 
day, says,  our  fleet  was  within  three  hours'  sail  of  him, 
and  going  under  a  prest  sail. 

[Extract  of  a  letter  from  Berwick,  Sept.  30.] 

"This  morning  a  ship  of  the  line,  and  four  frigates, 
passed  by  this  port ;  they  were  supposed  to  be  King's  ships, 
and  in  search  of  Paul  Jones's  squadron.  We  expected 
they  would  have  sent  a  boat  on  shore  here  for  news,  but 
perhaps  they  think  it  better  to  do  it  at  Edinburgh,  where 
they  would  be  most  likely  to  gain  intelligence." 


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[Extract  of  a  letter  from  Edinburgh,  October  1.] 

"Yesterday  arrived  in  Leith  road  from  Spithead  the 
Prudent  man  of  war  of  64  guns,  and  several  frigates 
sent  by  the  Lords  of  the  AdmiraUy  in  quest  of  Paul 
Jones.  Their  first  appearance  caused  a  general  alarm, 
and  the  Emerald  and  other  ships  in  the  road  prepared 
to  engage,  supposing  them  to  be  enemies." 

The  Nezvcastle  Journal  of  October  2,  has  the  following 
paragraph : 

"Yesterday  we  received  an  account  from  Blyth,  that 
the  master  of  a  vessel  arrived  there,  said  he  saw  an  en- 
gagement between  some  English  frigates  and  Jones's 
squadron,  when  the  latter  were  all  either  taken  or  de- 
stroyed." 

"The   Morning  Post  and   Daily  Advertiser,"  Friday, 
October  8,  1779. 

[Extract  of  a  letter  from  Yarmouth,  Oct.  5.] 

"This  day  came  into  our  roads  his  Majesty's  frigate. 
The  Winchelsea,  one  of  the  nine  ships  lately  sent  on  the 
North  coast,  in  quest  of  the  celebrated  Paul  Jones,  who 
has  so  much  affected  the  trade  in  those  seas ;  the  ac- 
count brought  by  this  ship  is,  that  Jones  with  a  40  gun 
ship,  his  prize  in  tow,  dismasted,  was  seen  steering  last, 
northeast,  supposed  for  Norway,  a  few  hours'  sail  ahead ; 
the  English  immediately  directed  their  course  after  him, 
till  they  were  within  less  than  a  league  of  the  coast  of 
Norway,  yet  unfortunately  missed  him,  and  in  the  chase, 
it  blowing  a  gale  of  wind,  three  of  their  ships  separated 
from  the  fleet." 


70  PAUL  JONES 

"London  Evening  Post,"  Friday,  October  8,  1779. 

[Extract  of  a  letter  from  Plymouth,  Sept.  30.] 

"The  remainder  of  Admiral  Ross'  fleet  are  arrived 
here  from  the  coast  of  France,  and  have  received  orders 
to  take  in  water  and  provisions,  and  sail  immediately  for 
the  Irish  Channel,  to  intercept  Paul  Jones's  squadron,  in 
case  he  should  be  gone  North  about.  The  ships  for  this 
purpose,  it  is  said,  are  the  Jupiter  and  four  frigates,  with 
a  sloop  of  war.  They  are  expected  to  sail  to-morrow, 
or  the  day  after." 

"The  Morning  Post  and  Daily  Advertiser,"  Saturday, 
October  9,  1779. 

News  of  the  taking,  or  sinking  of  that  piratical  depre- 
dator Paul  Jones,  is  hourly  expected  at  the  Admiralty, 
as  the  last  intelligence  from  the  Commander  of  one  of 
the  squadrons  sent  out  after  him,  informed  his  Lordship 
that  they  were  then  in  chase  and  within  a  few  hours'  sail 
of  the  remains  of  his  scattered  squadron. 

"London  Evening  Post,"  Saturday,  October  9,  1779. 

[Extract  of  a  letter  from  Bergen  September  14.] 
"The  Alliance  American  privateer,  of  36  guns,  Capt. 
Landais,  has  sent  in  here,  two  days  ago,  two  prizes, 
viz. :  the  Betsey,  Fisher,  from  Liverpool  to  New  York ; 
and  the  Union,  Johnson,  from  London  to  Quebec ;  also 
three  others  which  she  sent  for  France.  She  only  sailed 
from  L'Orient  the  14th  of  August." 

Letter  from  on  board  the  Milford  frigate,  dated  the 
4th  inst.  off  Scilly,  says,  that  they  were  in  pursuit  of 
Paul  Jones,  and  hoped  soon  to  give  a  good  account  of 


CONTEMPORARY  ACCOUNTS  71 

him ;  and  that  the  Crescent  the  day  before  had  taken 
two  French  cutters  of  14  guns  each,  and  sent  them  into 
that  place. 

It  was  yesterday  reported  that  the  Captain  of  a  Dutch 
Indiaman  who  had  left  the  Texel  two  days,  saw  two 
of  Paul  Jones's  ships  carried  in  there  as  he  came  away, 
that  two  others  were  driven  on  shore,  and  that  the  British 
squadron  were  in  chace  of  the  remainder. 

A  gentleman,  who  came  over  in  the  packet  boat  with 
the  Dutch  mail,  says,  they  passed  through  11  sail  of  men 
of  war  in  full  chace,  and  that  he  supposed  they  were  in 
pursuit  of  Paul  Jones;  this  was  last  Wednesday  morn- 
ing. 


SOME  SARCASM 


SOME  SARCASM 

For  "The  London  Evening  Post." 

[Paul  Jones   to  Jemmy    Twitcher.] 

My  Lord, 

I  should  think  myself  the  most  ungrateful  of  all  men 
living,  was  I  not  to  take  the  earliest  opportunity  of  ex- 
pressing the  great  obligation  I  lie  under  to  your  Lord- 
ship in  perrnitting  me,  for  so  long  a  time,  to  seize,  plun- 
der, and  carry  off  the  vessels  of  the  merchants,  in  the 
British  and  Irish  seas,  as  I  am  perfectly  sensible,  my 
Lord,  I  could  not  have  done  so,  but  by  your  Lordship's 
kind  permission.  It  was  a  favour,  my  Lord,  that  much 
exceeded  my  warmest  expectations ;  and  as  it  hath  made 
my  fortune,  and  raised  my  reputation  as  a  gallant  seaman, 
I  most  heartily  thank  your  Lordship  for  it.  At  the  first, 
I  was  something  puzzled  to  account  for  your  Lordship's 
favour  to  me,  but  upon  a  little  consideration  I  became 
sensible,  that  a  familiarity  of  principles,  lives,  and  cir- 
cumstances, generally  begets  mutual  aft'ection  between 
men ;  and  there  appears  to  be  a  very  strong  and  striking 
likeness  between  your  Lordship's  principles,  life,  and 
circumstances,  when  compared  with  my  own.  To  be  like 
so  great  a  man  as  your  Lordship,  flatters  my  vanity  much, 
and  therefore  you  will  excuse  me,  my  Lord,  if  I  mention 
some  of  the  features  of  our  similarity. 

Your  Lordship  and  I  do,  both  of  us,  heartily  despise 
all  the  musty  rules  of  religion ;  your  Lordship  and  I  do, 
both  of  us,  love  a  bottle  and  a  wench;  your  Lordship 
and  I  agree,  that  speaking  truth  is  vulgar  and  disgrace- 

75 


76  PAUL  JONES 

ful;  your  Lordship  and  I  think  it  an  honour  to  pro- 
cure riches  by  any  means  whatsoever ;  you  and  I,  my 
Lord,  have  both  of  us  the  command  of  fleets ;  you  and 
I,  my  Lord,  have  both  of  us  plundered  the  British  na- 
tion, and  are  thereby  become  opulent;  you  and  I,  my 
Lord,  are  both  of  us  hated  and  dreaded  by  the  people 
of  England ;  and  as  our  principles,  lives,  and  circum- 
stances are  so  very  similar,  it  is  great  odds,  that  our 
deaths  will  be  the  same. 

Having  thus  indulged  my  vanity,  in  showing  the  great 
likeness  between  your  Lordship  and  myself,  which  was 
doubtless  the  cause  of  your  permitting  me  to  plunder 
the  merchants  so  long  in  your  seas,  I  think  it  my  duty 
to  inform  your  Lordship,  that  I  am  now  got  safe  into  port 
to  refit  and  victual  my  fleet,  where  I  shall  be  retained  for 
some  time;  but  flatter  myself  with  the  hopes  of  paying 
your  Lordship  another  visit  in  the  British  seas  before 
winter  is  over,  when  I  make  no  doubt  but  your  Lord- 
ship will  again  repeat  the  same  favour  to  a  man,  who  is 
so  perfectly  like  yourself,  as  Paul  Jones. 


Yesterday  it  was  currently  reported,  that  part  of 
Paul  Jones's  fleet  was  taken,  and  were  seen  conducting 
up  the  Texel ;  but  yesterday  evening's  letters  by  the  Dutch 
mail  dated  October  5,  making  not  the  least  mention  of 
it,  we  suppose  the  whole  is  nothing  but  a  mere  report. 

A  correspondent  says,  what  will  the  public  conclude 
when  they  are  told,  that  the  Winchelsea,  one  of  the 
ships  sent  after  Paul  Jones,  and  which  was  Commodore, 
had  just  returned  from  a  three  years'  station  in  the  West 
Indies,  her  bottom  covered  with  grass  and  barnacles, 
which  impeded  her  sailing  so,  that  with  studding  sails. 


CONTEMPORARY  ACCOUNTS  yj 

and  all  sails  she  could  make,  the  rest  of  the  ships  were 
a  match  for  her  with  their  topsails  only. 

;!--  *  -t.  * 

The  Edinburgh  Advertiser  of  October  i  has  the  fol- 
lowing paragraph : 

"The  people  in  Scotland  have  shown  their  loyalty  by 
raising  men  and  money,  and  supporting  government ;  yet 
they  are  not  to  be  trusted  with  arms.  This  is  the  con- 
tinuation of  that  wretched,  narrow-minded  system  of  pol- 
icy which  has  lost  us  America.  Jenkinson,  in  his  official 
letter,  written  by  order  of  the  King's  confidential  servants, 
tells  us,  that  the  situation  of  North  Britain  does  not  at 
this  moment  require  our  plan  to  be  carried  into  execu- 
tion. Do  these  wise  and  active  ministers  think,  when  the 
enemy  have  landed  that  this  is  the  proper  moment  for 
puting  arms  into  our  hands  to  act  against  a  disciplined 
army?  I  am  afraid  we  would  not  in  that  case  make  a 
better  figure  than  the  inhabitants  of  Grenada.  The  peo- 
ple of  that  island  ofifered  several  months  ago  to  train 
themselves  as  militia,  but  Lord  Macartney  dififered  with 
them,  and,  like  his  Majesty's  confidential  servants  at 
home,  did  not  think  that  the  moment  to  carry  their  plan 
into  execution. — The  consequence  was,  we  have  lost  one 
of  our  most  valuable  colonies,  and  the  merchants  have 
lost  a  million  of  property.  The  renegade  Paul  Jones  has 
been  on  our  coasts  for  five  weeks  taking  our  ships,  yet 
no  force  has  been  sent  against  him.  Seeing  therefore 
that  we  cannot  hope  for  any  assistance  from  the  wisdom 
and  vigour  of  his  IMajesty's  confidential  servants,  it  seems 
to  be  the  general  opinion  in  Dumfries,  that  we  should 
take  up  arms,  notwithstanding  Jenkinson's  letter,  for 
surely  we  have  a  right  to  defend  ourselves,  our  families, 
and  our  properties." 


THE  ALARM  ON  THE  COAST 


THE  ALARM  ON  THE  COAST 

"The  Morning  Post  and  Daily  Advertiser,"  Monday, 
October  ii,  1779. 

[Extract  of  a  letter  from  Fort  William,  Sept.  25.] 

"An  alarm  being  given  by  a  report  that  Paul  Jones, 
with  his  squadron  of  five  armed  vessels,  was  in  the  sound 
of  ]\Iull,  and  on  his  way  yesterday  evening  to  attack  this 
fort.  The  inhabitants  of  the  village  of  Marysburgh  unan- 
imously offered  their  services  to  Capt.  Cochrane,  Com- 
manding Officer  of  the  troops  in  the  fort,  to  enter  the 
garrison,  and  put  themselves  under  his  command,  and 
petitioned  for  arms  to  defend  themselves  and  the  fort 
to  the  utmost  of  their  power,  and  instantly  turned  out  150 
volunteers,  of  excellent  good  men.  Captain  Cochrane, 
and  the  other  officers  of  the  troops,  received  them  with 
the  greatest  politeness,  and  was  highly  pleased  with  their 
appearance.  He  thanked  them  for  their  ready  services 
to  their  King  and  country;  assured  them  he  would  give 
them  arms  if  any  emergency  required  it,  and  would  rep- 
resent their  loyalty  to  the  Commander  in  Chief ;  and  this 
morning  several  of  the  country  gentlemen  waited  on 
Capt.  Cochrane,  in  consequence  of  the  above  alarm,  to  as- 
sure him.  They  would  raise  the  whole  people  to  de- 
fend the  fort  and  country,  if  he  thought  it  necessary  so 
that  at  a  few  hours'  warning,  we  shall  have  500  more  in 
arms  in  this  country;  and  should  Mr.  Jones  attempt  to 
make  an  attack  here,  he  will  meet  with  a  warm  recep- 
tion." 


81 


82  PAUL  JONES 

The  report  concerning  Paul  Jones  is  now  said  to  be 
a  mistake  of  the  Dutch  Captain.  The  matter  stands  thus : 
Paul  Jones  has  carried  his  two  prizes  into  the  Texel,  and 
has  been  ordered  to  put  to  sea  with  them  from  that  port 
in  three  days  after  his  arrival. 


"London  Evening  Post,"  Monday,  October  ii,  1779. 

[Elxtract  of  a  letter  from  Nantz,  Sept.  14.] 

Last  Tuesday  morning  the  following  armed  ships  ar- 
rived at  Bridlington  after  an  unsuccessful  cruize  in  pur- 
suit of  Paul  Jones,  viz. :  Jane  the  First,  Captain  Frazer, 
and  Jane  the  Second,  Captain  Hill ;  both  of  20  guns ;  and 

the  George,  Captain  ,  of  18  guns.     The  above 

ships  sailed  from  Shields  the  same  evening. 


"The  Morning  Post  and  Daily  Advertiser,"  Tuesday, 
October  12,  1779. 

As  mean  an  idea  as  may,  by  many,  be  entertained  of 
Paul  Jones's  expedition,  we  have  authority  to  assure  the 
public,  that  it  is  one  of  two  things  required  by  the  Court 
of  Versailles  of  the  Congress.  The  French  Ambassador 
in  America  had  orders  to  remonstrate  on  the  inactivity, 
in  consequence  of  which  the  expedition  against  Penob- 
scot and  that  of  Jones'  were  undertaken ;  the  latter  was 
to  have  burned  Dublin  or  Liverpool,  but  the  frigates  that 
were  to  have  been  furnished  by  the  French  to  assist  him, 
were  kept  with  D'Orvillier's  fleet,  which  occasioned  the 
failure  of  the  scheme.  Had  the  enterprising  seaman 
been  well  seconded,  he  might  have  done  great  mischief 
to  our  coast. 

5)5  jj;  *  * 


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Paul  Jones,  it  is  reported,  is  divided  from  his  fleet  and 
two  of  his  ships  taken.  VVe  hope  that  Mr.  Cunningham 
and  Mr.  Jones  will  arrive  in  England  about  the  same 
time,  that  justice  may  be  done  on  such  diabolical  traitors 
and  pirates. 


SAFE  IN  HOLLAND 


SAFE  IN  HOLLAND 

"London  Evening  Post,"  Tuesday,  October  12,  1779. 

[Extract  of  a  letter  from  Amsterdam,  Oct.  8.] 
"Captain  Paul  Jones  arrived  here  yesterday,  and  at  two 
o'clock  appeared  on  'Change;  the  crowd  of  persons  as- 
sembled together  to  see  him  was  astonishing  and  it  was 
with  the  utmost  difficulty  he  could  afterwards  pass  to  the 
house  of  the  gentleman  with  whom  he  was  to  dine.  It 
seems  that  Jones,  with  his  squadron,  consisting  of  the 
Bon  Homme  Richard  of  40  guns,  P.  Jones,  six  of  them 
18  pounders;  the  Alliance  of  36  guns,  Capt.  Lundy,  a 
Frenchman,  12  pounders;  the  Pallas,  a  French  frigate 
of  32  guns,  twelve  and  nine  pounders,  and  the  Vengeance 
brig  of  16  guns,  fell  in  with  the  Baltic  fleet  ofif  Flam- 
borough,  under  convoy  of  the  Serapis  of  44  guns,  twenty 
eighteen  pounders,  and  the  Countess  of  Scarborough 
armed  ship,  of  twenty-two  guns.  Jones  supposed  the 
Serapis  to  be  a  frigate  of  28  guns,  and  immediately  bore 
down  to  engage  her,  and  after  several  manoeuvers,  found 
that  she  both  worked  and  sailed  better  than  his  own  ves- 
sel. He  determined  to  close  with  her,  and  within  pistol 
shot  received  a  broadside  from,  her  eighteen  pounders; 
he  now  found  his  mistake.  At  this  period  there  was  lit- 
tle wind,  the  sea  smooth,  and  moon  light;  about  twelve 
o'clock  the  Serapis,  by  mere  accident ;  ran  her  bowsprit 
over  the  Bon  Homme's  quarters.  Jones  took  the  advan- 
tage of  this  circumstance,  and  lashed  the  bowsprit  of  the 
Serapis  in  that  position;  by  these  means  both  ships  fell 
along  side,  the  guns  overlapping  each  other,  and  in  this 

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situation  they  remained  for  three  hours  and  a  half ;  the 
contest  was  bloody  on  both  sides ;  the  decks  of  the 
Serapis  were  several  times  cleared  from  the  tops  of 
Jones's  ship.  At  length,  Capt.  Pearson,  of  the  Serapis, 
ordered  all  his  men  to  the  lower  deck,  to  fight  the  eighteen 
pounders,  himself  only  remaining  on  deck,  for  there  was 
no  occasion  to  steer  either  vessel.  Three  of  Jones's 
eighteen  pounders  burst  the  first  fire,  and  three  of  his 
lower  ports  were  knocked  into  one ;  some  of  his  men 
called  out  for  quarter,  saying,  that  the  ship  was  sinking 
and  on  fire  in  two  places ;  the  latter  was  really  the  case ; 
in  the  confusion,  all  the  prisoners  who  were  taken  on  the 
cruise,  were  set  at  liberty.  Captain  Pearson  hearing  all 
that  was  said,  asked  Jones  if  he  had  struck?  (at  this  time 
the  flag  was  shot  away).  "No,  sir,"  says  he,  "I  have  not 
as  yet  thought  of  it,  but  am  determined  to  make  you 
strike."  The  Alliance  frigate,  which  had  behaved  most 
infamously  during  the  whole  cruize,  was  in  the  first  part 
of  the  action  lying  inactive  to  windward,  and  in  this  time 
of  confusion,  bore  down  and  fired  into  Jones's  ship,  and 
killed  eleven  men,  continued  to  fire,  and  entirely  cleared 
his  forecastle.  Jones  imagining  that  he  had  fired  through 
mistake,  threw  out  a  private  signal  for  three  lanthorns, 
(it  appears  since  that  his  intention  was  to  sacrifice  Jones). 
He  at  length  came  within  hail,  which  convinced  him  of 
his  supposed  mistake.  The  Serapis  having  struck,  Jones 
walked  on  board,  and  removed  all  the  wounded,  and  as 
many  stores,  &c,  as  possible,  but  finding  it  impossible 
to  keep  his  ship  above  water,  and  extinguish  the  fire,  he 
left  her,  and  in  about  five  hours  after  she  burnt  nearly  to 
the  water's  edge,  and  sunk.  The  Alliance  was  the  ship 
that  wounded  her  below  water.  Jones  lost  84  men  killed 
and  wounded,  and  the  Serapis  150." 


CONTEMPORARY  ACCOUNTS  89 

[Extract  of  a  letter  from  Harwich,  Oct.  7.J 

"Thursday  advice  was  received  from  the  Captain  of  the 
Bee  cutter,  stationed  at  the  Nore,  that  he  had  taken  a 
vessel  laden  with  stores,  bound  to  France,  and  carried  her 
into  Sheerness. 

"This  moment  arrived  the  Prince  of  Wales  packet, 
after  landing  the  mail  and  a  Russian  messenger  at  Aid- 
borough  ;  by  her  we  learn,  that  Paul  Jones  and  his  squad- 
ron are  really  got  up  to  Amsterdam,  except  the  40  gun 
ship  which  engaged  the  Scrapis,  she  having  gone  to  the 
bottom,  after  being  quitted  by  Jones  and  his  crew ;  the 
Serapis  was  so  disabled,  as  to  be  towed  across  the  sea. 
Expresses  of  the  above  are  sent  to  Lord  Weymouth." 


Amsterdam,  Oct.  8.  Last  Thursday  Paul  Jones  ar- 
rived in  the  Texel.  He  set  out  yesterday  for  the  Hague. 
He  is  a  very  different  man  from  what  he  is  generally 
represented ;  good  sense,  a  genteel  address,  and  a  very 
good,  though  small  person.  Great  Britain  will  find  him 
a  man  capable  of  giving  her  a  great  deal  of  trouble. 
Jones's  ship,  and  the  Serapis,  mounted  40  guns  each; 
though  the  latter  had  20  eighteen  pounders,  and  the  for- 
mer but  6;  three  of  which  burst  at  the  first  discharge. 
They  had  about  an  equal  number  of  men  killed  and 
wounded,  from  150  to  200  each.  His  own  ship  could 
scarcely  be  kept  above  water,  for  an  hour  and  a  half 
before  the  Serapis  struck ;  and  the  next  day  she  went  to 
the  bottom ;  after  he  had  taken  out  his  wounded,  powder, 
&c.  It  seems  he  had  found  the  Serapis' s  metal  too  heavy, 
and  the  ship  herself  to  work  too  easy  for  him ;  therefore 
he  run  her  bowsprit  directly  across  his  mizen,  and  with 
his  own  hands  lashed  them  together.  Captain  Pearson  (of 
the  Serapis)  thinking  the  ships  were  only  accidentally  en- 


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tangled,  dropped  an  anchor  that  Jones  might  shoot  ahead ; 
but  in  a  few  minutes  they  were  against  each  other;  and 
their  yards  entangling,  they  fought  in  that  situation  near 
two  hours,  when  the  Serapis  struck ;  Captain  Pearson 
leaped  on  board  Jones's  ship  without  boat  or  plank.  His 
coming  into  the  Texel  is  a  concerted  plan ;  for  it  is  cer- 
tain, that  orders  were  waiting  for  him  there,  before  it  was 
known  that  he  had  taken  the  Sercpis.  A  few  days  will 
determine  what  part  the  Dutch  will  take  in  the  present 
quarrel. 


CAPTAIN  PEARSON'S  STORY  OF  HIS 
DEFEAT  IN  THE  SERJPIS 


CAPTAIN  PEARSON'S  STORY  OF  HIS 
DEFEAT  IN  THE  SERAPIS 

"London  Evening  Post,"  Tuesday,  October  17,  1779. 

[From  the  London  Gazette  of  October  12.] 

Admiralty  Ofhce,  Oct.  12,  1779. 
A  letter  from  Captain  Pearson,  of  his  Majesty's  ship 
Serapis,  to  Mr.  Stephens,  of  which  the  following  is  a 
copy,  was  yesterday  received  at  this  office. 

Pallas,  French  frigate  in  Congress  Service, 

Tcxcl  October  6,  1779. 
Sir, 

You  will  be  pleased  to  inform  the  Lords  Commission- 
ers of  the  Admiralty,  that  on  the  23d  ult,  being  close  in 
with  Scarborough,  about  eleven  o'clock,  a  boat  came  on 
board  with  a  letter  from  the  Bailiffs  of  that  Corporation, 
giving  information  of  a  flying  squadron  of  the  enemy's 
ships  being  on  the  coast,  and  of  a  part  of  the  said  squad- 
ron having  been  seen  from  thence  the  day  before,  stand- 
ing to  the  Southward.  As  soon  as  I  received  this  intelli- 
gence, I  made  the  signal  for  the  convoy  to  bear  down 
under  my  lee,  and  repeated  it  with  two  guns;  notwith- 
standing which  the  van  of  the  convoy  kept  their  wind, 
with  all  sail  stretching  out  to  the  Southward  from  under 
Flamborough  Head,  till  between  twelve  and  one,  when 
the  head  of  them  got  sight  of  the  enemy's  ships,  which 
were  then  in  chace  of  them ;  they  then  tacked  and  made 
the  best  of  their  way  under  the  shore  for  Scarborough, 
&c.  letting  fly  their  top-gallant  sheets,  and  firing  guns; 
upon  which  I  made  all  the  sail  I  could  to  windward,  to 

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get  between  the  enemy's  ships  and  the  convoy,  which  I 
soon  effected.  At  one  o'clock  we  got  sight  of  the  enemy's 
ships  from  the  mast  head,  and  about  four  we  made  them 
plain  from  the  deck  to  be  three  large  ships  and  a  brig; 
upon  which  I  made  the  Countess  of  Scarborough's  sig- 
nal to  join  me,  she  being  in  shore  with  the  convoy ;  at  the 
same  time  I  made  the  signal  for  the  convoy  to  make  the 
best  of  their  way  and  repeated  the  signal  with  two  guns ; 
I  then  brought  to,  to  let  the  Countess  of  Scarborough 
come  up,  and  cleared  ship  for  action.  At  half  past  five  the 
Countess  of  Scarborough  joined  me,  the  enemy's  ships 
then  bearing  down  upon  us,  with  a  light  breeze  at  S.S.W. 
We  then  tacked,  and  laid  our  head  in  shore,  in  order  to 
keep  our  ground  the  better  between  the  enemy's  ships 
and  the  convoy ;  soon  after  which  we  perceived  the  ships 
bearing  down  upon  us  to  be  a  two  decked  ship  and  two 
frigates,  but  from  their  keeping  end  upon  us,  on  bearing 
down,  we  could  discern  what  colours  they  were  under ; 
at  about  twenty  minutes  past  seven  the  largest  ship  of 
the  three  brought  to  on  our  larboard  bow  within  musquet 
shot;  I  hailed  him;  and  asked  what  ship  it  was;  they 
answered  in  English,  the  Princess  Royal;  I  then  asked 
where  they  belonged  to ;  they  answered  evasively ;  on 
which  I  told  them,  if  they  did  not  answer  directly,  I  would 
fire  into  them ;  they  then  answered  with  a  shot,  which 
was  instantly  returned  with  a  broadside ;  and  after  ex- 
changing two  or  three  broadsides  he  backed  his  topsails, 
and  dropped  upon  our  quarter  within  pistol  shot,  then 
filled  again,  put  his  helm  a  weather,  and  run  us  on  board 
upon  our  weather  quarter,  and  attempted  to  board  us,  but 
being  repulsed,  he  sheered  off ;  upon  which  I  backed  our 
topsails,  in  order  to  get  square  with  him  again,  which,  as 
soon  as  he  observed,  he  then  filled,  put  his  helm  a-weather 
and  laid  us  athwart  hawse ;  his  mizen  shrouds  took  our 


CONTEMPORARY  ACCOUNTS  95 

jib-boom,  which  hung  him  for  some  time,  till  it  at  last 
gave  way,  and  we  dropped  along  side  of  each  other,  when 
the  stake  of  our  spare  anchor  hooking  his  quarter,  we 
became  so  close  fore  and  aft,  that  the  muzzles  of  our 
guns  touched  each  other's  sides.  In  this  position  we  en- 
gaged from  half  past  eight  till  half  past  ten,  during  which 
time,  from  the  great  quantity  and  variety  of  combustible 
matters  which  they  threw  in  upon  our  decks,  chains,  and 
in  short  into  every  part  of  the  ship,  we  were  on  fire  not 
less  than  ten  or  twelve  times  in  different  parts  of  the 
ship,  and  it  was  with  the  greatest  difficulty  and  exertion 
imaginable  at  times  that  we  were  able  to  get  it  extin- 
guished. At  the  same  time  the  largest  of  the  two  frigates 
kept  sailing  round  us  the  whole  action,  and  raking  us  fore 
and  aft,  by  which  means  she  killed  or  wounded  almost 
every  man  on  the  quarter  main  decks.  About  half  past 
nine,  either  from  an  hand  granade  being  thrown  in  at 
one  of  our  lower  ports",  or  from  some  other  accident,  a 
cartridge  all  the  way  aft,  blew  up  the  whole  of  the  people 
and  officers  that  were  quartered  abast  the  main-mast, 
from  which  unfortunate  circumstance  all  those  guns  were 
rendered  useless  for  the  remainder  of  the  action,  and  I 
fear  the  greatest  part  of  the  people  will  lose  their  lives.  At 
ten  o'clock  they  called  for  quarters  from  the  ship  along- 
side, and  said  they  had  struck ;  hearing  this,  I  called  upcfti 
the  Captain  to  know  if  they  had  struck;  or  if  he  asked 
for  quarters ;  but  no  answer  being  made,  after  repeating 
my  words  two  or  three  times,  I  called  for  the  boarders, 
and  ordered  them  to  board,  which  they  did ;  but  the  mo- 
ment they  were  on  board  her,  they  discovered  a  superior 
number  laying  under  cover  with  pikes  in  their  hands 
ready  to  receive  them,  on  which  our  people  retreated 
instantly  into  our  own  ship,  and  returned  to  their  guns 
again  till  half  past  ten,  when  the  frigate  coming  across 


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our  stern,  and  pouring  her  broadside  into  us  again,  with- 
out our  being  able  to  bring  a  gun  to  bear  on  her,  I  found 
it  in  vain,  and,  in  short,  impracticable,  from  the  situation 
we  were  in,  to  stand  out  any  longer  with  the  least  pros- 
pect of  success;  I  therefore  struck,  (our  main-mast  at 
the  same  time  went  by  the  board).  The  First  Lieutenant 
and  myself  were  immediately  escorted  into  the  ship  along- 
side, when  we  found  her  to  be  an  American  ship  of  war, 
called  the  Bon  Homme  Richard,  of  40  guns  and  375  men, 
commanded  by  Captain  Paul  Jones ;  the  other  frigate 
which  engaged  and  took  the  Countess  of  Scarborough 
after  two  hours  action,  to  be  the  Pallas,  a  French  frigate 
of  T^2  guns  and  275  men ;  the  Vengeance,  an  armed  brig 
of  12  guns,  and  70  men,  all  in  Congress  service,  and  under 
the  command  of  Paul  Jones.  They  fitted  out  and  sailed 
from  Port  TOrient  the  latter  end  of  July,  and  came  North 
about ;  they  have  on  board,  300  English  prisoners,  which 
they  have  taken,  in  different  vessels,  in  their  way  round, 
since  they  left  France,  and  have  ransomed  some  others. 
On  my  going  on  board  the  Bon  Homme  Richard,  I  found 
her  in  the  greatest  distress ;  her  quarters  and  counter  on 
the  lower  deck  entirely  drove  in,  and  the  whole  of  her 
lower  guns  dismounted;  she  was  also  on  fire  in  two 
places,  and  six  or  seven'  feet  water  in  her  hold,  which 
kept  increasing  upon  them  all  night,  and  the  next  day, 
till  they  were  obliged  to  quit  her,  and  she  sunk,  with  a 
great  number  of  her  wounded  people  on  board  her.  She 
had  306  men  killed  and  wounded  in  the  action ;  our  loss 
in  the  Sera  pis  was  also  very  great.  My  officers  and  peo- 
ple in  general  behaved  well,  and  I  should  be  very  remiss 
in  my  attention  to  their  merit,  were  I  to  omit  recommend- 
ing the  remains  of  them  to  their  Lordships  favour.  I 
must  at  the  same  time  beg  leave  to  inform  their  Lord- 
ships, that  Captain  Piercy,  in  the  Countess  of  Scarbor- 


CONTEMPORARY  ACCOUNTS  97 

ough,  was  not  in  the  least  remiss  in  his  duty,  he  having 
given  me  every  assistance  in  his  power,  and  as  much  as 
could  be  expected  from  such  ship,  in  engaging  the  atten- 
tion of  the  Pallas,  a  frigate  of  32  guns,  during  the  whole 
action.     I  am  extremely  sorry   for  the  misfortune  that 
has  happened,  that  of  losing  his  Majesty's  ship  I  had  the 
honour  to  command ;  but,  at  the  same  time,  I  flatter  my- 
self with  the  hopes,  that  their  Lordships  will  be  convinced 
that  she  had  not  been  given  away ;  but,  on  the  contrary, 
that  every  exertion  has  been  used  to  defend  her;  and 
that  two  essential  pieces  of  service  to  our  country  have 
arisen  from  it ;  the  one  in  wholly  oversetting  the  cruize 
and  intentions  of  this  flying  squadron ;  the  other  in  refus- 
ing the  whole  of  a  valuable  convoy  from  falling  into  the 
hands  of  the  enemy,  which  must  have  been  the  case  had 
I  acted  any  otherwise  than  I  did.     We  have  been  driving 
about  in  the  North  sea  ever  since  the  action,  endeavouring 
to  make  any  port  we  possibly  could,  but  have  not  been 
able  to  get  into  any  place  till  to-day  we  arrived  in  the 
Texel.     Herewith  I  inclose  you  the  most  exact  list  of 
the  killed  and  wounded  I  have  as  yet  Ijeen  able  to  procure, 
from   my   people   being   dispersed   among   the    different 
ships,   and   having   been   refused   permission   to   muster 
them;   there   are,    I   find,   many   more,   both    killed   and 
wounded,   than   appears   on   the  inclosed   list,   but   their 
names  as  yet  I  find  impossible  to  ascertain ;  as  soon  as  I 
possibly  can,  shall  give  their  Lordships  a  full  account  of 
the  whole.  I  am.  Sir, 

Your  most  obedient  and 
Most  humble  servant, 

R.  Pearson. 
P.  S.     I  am  refused  permission  to  wait  on  Sir  Joseph 
Yorke,  and  even  to  go  on  shore.     Inclosed  is  a  copy  of 
a  letter  from  Captain  Piercy,  late  of  the  Scarborough. 


98  PAUL  JONES 

Abstract  of  the  list  of  killed  and  wounded. 
Killed  49 

Wounded  68 
Among  the  killed  are  the  boatswain,  pilot,  i  master's 
mate,  2  midshipmen,  the  coxswain,  quarter-master;  27 
seamen,  and  15  marines.  Amongst  the  wounded  are  the 
second  Lieutenant  Michael  Stanhope,  and  Lieutenant 
Whiteman,  second  Lieutenant  of  marines,  2  surgeons 
mates,  6  petty  officers,  46  seamen,  and  12  marines. 

Pallas,  a  French  frigate  in  Congress  service, 

Texel,  October  4,  1779. 
Sir, 

I  beg  leave  to  acquaint  you,  that,  about  two  minutes 
after  you  began  to  engage  with  the  largest  ships  of  the 
enemy's  squadron,  I  received  a  broadside  from  one  of 
the  frigates,  which  I  instantly  returned,  and  continued 
engaging  her  about  twenty  minutes,  when  she  dropt  a 
stern.  I  then  made  sail  up  to  the  Serapis  to  see  if  I  could 
give  you  any  assistance,  but  upon  coming  near  you,  I 
found  you  and  the  enemy  so  close  together,  and  covered 
with  smoke,  that  I  could  not  distinguish  one  ship  from 
the  other;  and  for  fear  I  might  fire  into  the  Serapis 
instead  of  the  enemy,  I  backed  the  main  top  sail,  in  order 
to  engage  the  attention  of  one  of  the  frigates  that  was 
then  coming  up.  When  she  got  on  my  starboard  quarter, 
she  gave  me  her  broadside,  which,  as  soon  as  I  could  get 
my  guns  to  bear,  (which  was  very  soon  done)  I  returned, 
and  continued  engaging  her  for  near  two  hours ;  when  I 
was  so  unfortunate  as  to  have  all  my  braces,  great  part  of 
the  running  rigging,  main  and  mizen  top  sail  sheets,  shot 
away,  seven  of  the  guns  dismounted,  four  men  killed,  and 
twenty  wounded,  and  another  frigate  coming  up  on  my 
larboard  quarter.     In  that  situation,  I  saw  it  was  in  vain 


CONTEMPORARY  ACCOUNTS  99 

to  contend  any  longer,  with  any  prospect  of  success, 
against  such  superior  force ;  I  struck  to  the  Pallas,  a 
French  frigate  of  2,2  guns  and  275  men,  but  in  the  service 
of  the  Congress.  I  hkewise  beg  leave  to  acquaint  you, 
that  my  officers  and  ship's  company  behaved  remarkably 
well  the  whole  time  I  was  engaged. 

I  am,  with  great  respect.  Sir, 
Your  most  obedient  and  very 
Humble  servant, 

Tho.  Piercy. 

"The  Morning  Post  and  Daily  Advertiser,"  Thursday, 
October  14,  1779. 

Paul  Jones  in  his  action  with  the  Serapis,  conducted 
himself  like  the  pirate,  and  not  the  hero.  He  meanly 
sued  for  quarter,  when  his  intentions  were  murder ;  thus 
taking  advantage  of  our  Englishman's  humanity  to  make 
American  treachery  triumphant.  On  land  the  rebels  fight 
from  lurking  holes,  and  seek  the  blood  of  their  enemies 
like  cowardly  villains.  At  sea  they  cry  for  mercy,  to 
mask  the  malice  of  premeditated  assassination. 

Paul  Jones,  when  he  went  to  Amsterdam,  declared  he 
had  only  eighty  men  killed  and  thirty  wounded,  and  that 
he  received  not  the  least  assistance  from  any  of  his 
squadron  in  capturing  the  Serapis.  This  story  was  sent 
over  here,  and  in  opposition  to  the  most  undoubted  proofs 
of  his  having  306  men  killed  and  wounded,  of  his  having 
cried  out  for  quarter,  and  of  the  assistance  he  received 
from  another  vessel  raking  the  Serapis  fore  and  aft,  the 
worthy  patriots  are  endeavoring  to  establish  the  veracity 
of  this  piratical  rebel  by  extolling  his  courage,  lessening 
his  loss,  excusing  his  treachery,  and  giving  the  lie  to  the 
letter  of  our  brave  captain.  Our  enemies  at  home  are 
more  inveterate  than  our  foes  abroad,  and  we  shall  never 


loo  PAUL  JONES 

be  able  to  silence  their  treasonable  tongues,  until  a  few 
examples  of  unnatural  perfidy  are  exhibited  on  the  triple 
tree. 

Who  will  be  daring  enough  to  deny,  that  the  gallant 
Pearson,  who  lost  His  Majesty's  frigate  the  Sera  pis, 
overpowered  by  numbers,  does  not  deserve  an  ovation 
more  than  the  wary  admiral  who  saved  his  Sovereign's 
navy  from  an  inferior  force?  The  latter,  it  is  true,  had 
the  bubble  reputation  of  the  day,  which  soon  dispersed ; 
while  the  conduct  of  the  former  will  ever  be  engraved  on 
the  grateful  hearts  of  his  fellow  citizens ! 

It  is  hoped  whenever  Capt.  Pearson  returns  from  his 
captivity,  his  country  will  show  him  some  public  token 
of  their  esteem,  not  by  hanging  lights  in  their  windows, 
(for  those,  as  the  Frenchman  says,  in  the  pantomime,  are 
celebrated  "to  keep  the  people  in  the  dark,")  but  by  some 
honest  and  open  mark,  which  the  day  may  not  blush  to 
look  upon ! 

"The   Morning  Post  and  Daily  Advertiser,"  Friday, 
October  15,  1779. 

Merit  loses  half  its  lustre  in  a  man  who  is  supposed  to 
be  engaged  in  a  bad  cause,  his  bravery  is  said  to  flow 
from  despair,  and  his  bold  perseverance  is  termed  per- 
verse obstinacy.  This  is  verified  in  Paul  Jones,  whose 
late  gallant  behaviour  would  have  been  extolled  to  the 
skies,  if  his  bravery  had  been  exerted  in  our  service,  but 
as  he  fought  against  us,  we  cannot  find  in  our  hearts  to 
allow  him  any  merit  at  all.  Justice,  however,  requires, 
that  while  we  execrate  the  principles  of  him  who  fights 
against  his  country,  we  should  not  rob  him  of  those  merits 
which  we  see  him  jx)ssess  as  a  man,  in  a  very  eminent 
degree. 


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It  has  been  asserted  in  print,  that  if  Sir  Joseph  Yorke 
should  make  a  demand  of  the  Dutch  to  take  the  Scrapis 
from  Paul  Jones,  and^  return  her  to  His  Majesty,  the 
States  would  be  obliged  to  comply  with  the  demand,  be- 
cause they  have  not  as  yet  acknowledged  the  independence 
of  the  Americans  and  consequently  are  not  bound  to  re- 
spect a  flag  that  they  do  not  know.  But  if  there  is  no 
other  chance  of  recovering  the  Serapis,  it  is  to  be  feared 
that  she  is  forever  lost  to  us ;  for  it  should  be  remem- 
bered, that  Paul  Jones  has  a  French  as  well  as  an  Ameri- 
can Commission,  and  consequently  if  one  flag  is  not  repre- 
sented, he  may  hoist  the  other,  which  the  Dutch  must 
necessarily  respect. 

It  was  a  mortifying  circumstance  for  Captain  Piercy, 
in  the  Countess  of  Scarborough,  to  see  his  consort  in  dis- 
tress— to  know  she  waited  relief — that  he  had  it  in 
his  power  to  afford  it,  but  dared  not,  lest  while  he  in- 
tended to  succor  her  and  fire  upon  the  enemy,  he  should 
mistake  the  Serapis  for  the  Bon  Homme  Richard,  and  add 
to  her  distress  instead  of  supporting  her. 

5(5  *  *  * 

Edinburgh,  Oct.  p. 
Yesterday  the  Prudent  man-of-war  and  the  frigates 
which  accompanied  her  in  search  of  Paul  Jones,  sailed 
from  Leith  Roads  for  the  Downs.  The  same  day  the 
Cerberus,  Pelican  and  Scarborough  frigates,  part  of  an- 
other fleet  that  was  sent  in  quest  of  Paul  Jones,*arrived 
in  the  Roads. 


AFTERMATH 


AFTERMATH 

"London  Evening  Post,"  Thursday,  October  15,  1779. 

For  the  London  Evening  Post. 

Paul  Jones:  A  Song 

To  the  tune  of — Stick  a  Pin  There. 
Of  heroes  and  statesmen,  I'll  just  mention  four; 
That  cannot  be  match'd,  if  we  trace  the  world  o'er ; 
For  none  of  such  fame  ever  slept  o'er  the  stones, 
As  Germain,  Jem.  Twitcher,  Lord  North  and  Paul  Jones. 

Thro'  a  mad-headed  war,  which  Old  England  will  rue, 
At  London,  at  Dublin,  and  Edinburgh  too, 
The  tradesman  stands  still,  and  the  merchant  bemoans. 
The  losses  he  meets  with  from  such  as  Paul  Jones. 

Contractors  about  this  bold  rebel  harangue, 
And  swear  if  they  catch  him,  the  traitor  they'll  hang; 
But  'mongst  these  devourers  of  ten  per  cent  loans. 
Are  full  as  great  robbers  as  any  Paul  Jones. 

How  happy  for  England,  would  Fortune  but  sweep 
At  once  all  her  treach'rous  foes  to  the  deep ; 
For  the  land  under  burthens  most  bitterly  groans. 
To  get  rid  of  some  that  are  worse  than  Paul  Jones. 

To  each  jolly  heart  that  is  Britain's  true  friend, 
In  bumpers  I'd  freely  this  toast  recommend; 
May  Paul  be  converted,  the  Ministry  purg'd, 
Old  England  be  free,  and  her  enemies  scourg'd : 

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If  success  to  our  fleets  be  not  quickly  restor'd, 
The  leaders  in  office  to  shove  from  the  board ; 
May  they  all  fare  alike,  and  the  de'il  pick  the  bones, 
Of  Germain,  Jemmy  Twitcher,  Lord  North  and  Paul 
Jones. 

"London  Evening  Post,"  Monday,  October  i8,  1779. 

Paul  Jones,  since  he  has  been  at  Amsterdam,  has  put 
into  the  hands  of  the  American  agent  there,  ransom  bills 
to  the  amount  of  upwards  of  8000  guineas  for  him  to 
procure  the  payment  of  them,  and  those  were  not  all  that 
he  had  in  his  possession. 

"London  Chronicle,"  October  19,  1779. 

Jones  appeared  on  the  8th,  was  styled  "The  Terror  of 
the  English,"  was  dressed  in  the  American  uniform  with 
a  Scotch  bonnet  edged  with  gold,  is  of  middling  stature, 
stern  countenance  and  swarthy  complexion. 

"London  Evening  Post,"  Tuesday,  October  19,  1779. 

[Extract  of  a  letter  from  Amsterdam,  Oct.  8.] 

"Tuesday  last  Paul  Jones,  with  the  prizes  the  Serapis 
and  Scarborough,  entered  the  Texel,  and  this  day  he  ap- 
peared on  the  Exchange  where  business  gave  way  to  curi- 
osity ;  the  crowd  pressing  upon  him,  by  whom  he  was 
stiled  the  terror  of  the  English,  he  withdrew  to  a  room 
fronting  a  publick  square,  where  Mons.  Denneville,  the 
French  agent,  and  the  Americans,  paid  him  such  a  volley 
of  compliments,  and  such  homage,  as  he  could  only  an- 
swer with  a  bow ;  he  was  dressed  in  the  American  uni- 
form, with  a  Scotch  bonnet  edged  with  gold ;  is  of  a  mid- 
dling stature,  stern  countenance,  and  swarthy  complexion. 
It  was  supposed  he  was  going  for  Paris  to  receive  the  con- 
gratulations of  the  Grand  Monarque,  and  Dr.  Franklin; 


CONTEMPORARY  ACCOUNTS         107 

but  I  am  now  informed  he  is  gone  to  the  Hague  to  solicit, 
by  the  French  Ambassador,  the  repair  of  his  shipping, 
which,  if  he  should  succeed  it,  he  will  probably  elude 
the  vigilance  of  a  74  gun  ship  waiting  before  the  Texel." 

*  *         *         * 

Yesterday  forty  sail  of  colliers  arrived  in  the  river,  be- 
ing part  of  a  large  tieet,  which  have  been  detained  in  the 
Northern  ports  for  fear  of  Paul  Jones's  squadron,  for  a 
considerable  time  past. 

A  gentleman  of  the  Borough  returning  to  town  on  Sun- 
day night  from  Richmond,  was  stopped  the  other  side 
Turnham-Green  by  a  single  highwayman,  who,  upon  be- 
ing asked  what  he  wanted,  said  his  name  was  Paul  Jones, 
and  that  he  must  unrig  him  (the  gentleman)  of  his  watch 
and  money,  which,  upon  receiving,  the  highwayman  made 
a  polite  bow,  and  said,  if  the  person  robbed  should  meet 
any  of  his  company,  his  name  (Paul  Jones)  would  frank 

him  to  town. 

*  *         *         * 

[Extract  of  a  letter  from  Edinburgh,  Oct.  13.] 
"We  are  informed  that  the  Africa  tender,  besides  the 
Betty  and  Becky,  since  arrived  at  Leith,  retook  a  Leith 
sloop  off  Lerwick,  Peter  Cooper,  master,  which  had  been 
taken  by  Paul  Jones's  squadron.  On  board  of  her  were 
a  mate,  named  Noble,  and  two  of  Jones's  men.  The 
Africa  landed  her  men  at  Peterhead,  from  whence  they 
proceeded  to  Aberdeen,  and  arrived  there  on  Friday  last." 

*  *         *         * 

The  celebrated  Paul  Jones,  since  his  arrival  in  Holland, 
has  remitted  some  money,  which  he  owed  a  watch-maker 
in  Holbrone,  for  several  years  past. 


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"The  Morning  Post  and  Daily  Advertiser,"  Wednes- 
day, October  20,  1779. 

Two  ships,  taken  by  Paul  Jones's  squadron  and  car- 
ried into  Bergen,  are  ordered  to  be  given  up,  and  to  de- 
part that  port  in  24  hours.  The  armed  sliip  that  went 
in  with  them  is  ordered  to  be  detained  twenty- four  hours 
after  they  sail. 

"The  Morning  Post  and  Daily  Advertiser,"  Friday, 
October  22,   1779. 

The  Danes  have  ordered  all  the  English  ships  which 
Paul  Jones  had  made  prizes  of,  and  sent  within  their 
jurisdiction,  to  be  delivered  up.  This  is  an  example 
which  the  Hollanders  should  follow,  for  their  own  sakes. 

Paul  Jones,  the  famous  pirate,  on  his  arrival  at  Am- 
sterdam, went  immediately  to  The  Hague,  and  was  re- 
ceived in  high  style  by  the  French  Ambassador,  and  with 
as  much  heartfelt  satisfaction  as  he  could  have  expected 
from  our  present  race  of  citizens,  had  he  sailed  up  the 
Thames  in  triumph.  Paul  immediately  after  set  out  for 
Paris,  and  it  is  hoped  by  his  friends  on  this  side  of  the 
water,  that  after  he  has  received  a  few  instructions  viva 
voce  from  old  Ben  Franklin,  Jones  may  in  some  measure 
prove  a  substitute  for  that  excellent,  and  immortal  Pa- 
triot, John  the  Painter. 

"London  Evening  Post,"  Friday,  October  22,  1779. 

The  French  Minister  at  the  Hague  has  given  to  Paul 
Jones  protection  as  an  officer  belonging  to  the  French 
navy,  and  to  the  ships  under  his  command,  as  being  a 
squadron  of  his  Sovereign. 


CONTEMPORARY  ACCOUNTS  109 

"London  Evening  Post,"  Tuesday,  October  26,  1779. 

Copenhagen,  Oct.  2. 
Upon  the  requisition  of  Mr.  Eden,  the  English  envoy, 
the  King  has  ordered  two  vessels,  carried  into  Bergen, 
in  Norway,  by  one  of  Paul  Jones's  frigates,  to  be  de- 
livered up.  The  two  vessels  are  the  Betsy,  of  Liver- 
pool and  the  Union,  of  London,  bound  to  Quebec  and 
New  York,  for  account  of  the  English  government. 
When  his  Majesty  ordered  these  vessels  to  be  given  up, 
he  at  the  same  time  ordered  the  privateer  that  took  them 
to  be  detained  24  hours,  that  she  might  not  pursue  them. 

Paris,  Oct.  15. 

The  Spanish  Ambassador  is  set  out  for  Brest  to  be 
himself  an  eye  witness  of  what  repairs  the  combined  fleet 
are  in  need  of,  and  to  hasten  the  fitting  them  for  sea 
again. 

We  have  accounts  from  Brest,  that  the  King  has  wrote 
to  M.  Du  Chaffault,  that  no  reason  whatever  shall  make 
him  alter  his  intention  of  having  the  fleet  sail  as  soon  as 
possible,  and  that  all  he  wants  of  his  navy  is  to  land  80,000 
men  in  the  enemy's  country.  The  same  accounts  add, 
that  the  Prince  de  Beauvau  being  arrived  at  Brest  under 
the  strictest  incognito,  it  is  imagined  he  is  to  second  the 
Count  de  Vaux,  if  his  advanced  age  should  not  enable 
him  to  support  the  fatigue  of  a  landing.  It  is  said  that 
Paul  Jones  is  at  Versailles. 

At  the  departure  of  the  last  courier  from  Brest,  the 
fleet  was  ready  to  sail,  and  only  waited  orders  to  weigli 
anchor. 

All  the  general  officers,  who  had  obtained  leave  to  pass 
some  time  at  Paris,  are  on  their  return  to  Havre  and  St. 
Maloes,  in  order  to  be  there  the  i8th  instant. 


no  PAUL  JONES 

"The  Morning  Post  and  Daily  Advertiser,"  Wednes- 
day, October  27,  1779. 

We  are  assured  that  Paul  Jones  is  arrived  at  Versailles. 


IN  THE  TEXEL 


IN  THE  TEXEL 

"The  Gazetteer  and  New  Daily  Advertiser,"  Friday, 
October  22,  1779. 

[Extract  of  a  letter  from  Amsterdam,  dated  October  14,  1779] 
"Captain  (called  by  many  here  Admiral)  Paul  Jones 
frequents  the  coffee-house  and  the  Exchange,  and  seems 
not  very  fond  of  courting  the  attention  of  the  crowds  that 
daily  surround  him,  but  seems  perfectly  indifferent  as  to 
the  popularity  he  has  gained  by  his  desperate  courage  and 
unprincipled  practices.  He  is  of  the  middle  height,  thin, 
and  strong  featured ;  he  generally  wears  a  roqueleau  over 
his  regimentals,  with  a  large  cape  to  it,  edged  with  gold 
lace.  He  was  at  the  Hague  with  the  French  Ambassa- 
dor on  Friday,  and  it  was  expected  he  would  visit  Rotter- 
dam, where  his  reception  might  probably  not  have  been 
so  replete  with  peaceful  admiration.  He  returned  here 
on  Sunday. 

"There  is  much  talk  of  Sir  Joseph  Yorke's  interfering, 
either  to  demand  the  delivery  of  this  man,  or  his  vessels ; 
but  the  most  sensible  of  the  merchants  say,  he  is  too  con- 
temptible an  object  to  call  forth  the  notice  of  an  English 
Ambassador.  Paul  Jones  has  enjoyed  himself  on  land, 
without  paying  the  smallest  mite  of  compassion  towards 
his  wounded  crew,  or  the  prisoners ;  to  the  honor  of  hu- 
manity, some  skillful  surgeons  are  ordered  to  cure  them 
on  board,  it  not  being  permitted  in  neutral  ports  to  land 
the  wounded  men.  Some  say  Sir  Joseph  Yorke  sent  the 
surgeons. 

"There  is  one  De  Xeu ,  a  merchant,  who  expects  to 

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be  an  agent  for  the  Americans ;  he  has  been  particularly 
polite  to  Paul  Jones,  who,  it  is  thought,  lives  in  his  house ; 
he  sent  a  vessel  to  this  nominal  Admiral  in  the  Texel, 
loaded  with  provisions.  Jones  will,  no  doubt,  take  a 
safer  road  than  out  of  the  Texel  to  France,  and  proceed 
by  land ;  the  Texel  is  narrowly  watched  in  expectation  of 
meeting  with  him.  Upon  the  whole  I  have  formed  re- 
specting the  character  of  this  celebrated  seaman,  he  seems 
to  be  the  greatest  villain  that  ever  existed,  a  cruel  com- 
mander, without  the  least  tincture  of  honour  or  feeling, 
and  who  seems  to  grasp  at  riches  by  plunder  and  murder. 
"Since  the  arrival  of  Jones,  many  politic  merchants 
have  cleared  their  ships  (amongst  which  are  several 
Americans)  out  of  the  Texel  privately,  being  afraid  to 
wait  his  departure,  lest  they  share  his  fate  and  be  cap- 
tured, which  will  certainly  happen  to  him  in  case  he  ven- 
tures to  sea." 

From   "The    Gazetteer   and    New   Daily   Advertiser," 
Tuesday,  October  19,  1779. 

[Extract   of   a   letter    from   an    English   gentleman   in    Holland, 
dated  Amsterdam,   Oct.    12,   1779.] 

"I  make  no  doubt  but  you  are  informed  of  the  engage- 
ment between  Paul  Jones's  squadron  and  the  Serapis,  &c, 
before  this  reaches  you,  and  of  the  loss  sustained  on  both 
sides. 

"The  Dutch  look  upon  him  to  be  a  brave  officer,  and 
therefore  bestowed  many  fulsome  compliments  during  his 
stay  here.  Nay,  they  even  go  so  far  as  to  lay  odds,  that 
before  Christmas  he  lands  a  force  in  England  or  Ireland, 
sufficient  to  destroy  at  least  the  towns  and  country  villages 
along  the  shore,  as  he  is  well  acquainted  with  the  coasts 
and  channels  belonging  to  Britain  and  the  most  vulner- 


CONTEMPORARY  ACCOUNTS  115 

able  parts  thereof,  if  not  to  destroy  whole  cities  and  coun- 
ties. 

"The  first  entry  of  licensed  goods  from  England  made 
in  the  Isle  of  Man,  after  it  was  annexed  to  the  Crown, 
was  made  by  Paul  Jones,  he  having  imported  the  first 
rum  there.  His  name  stands  first  in  the  Custom-house 
books  at  Douglas. 

"Yesterday  forty  sail  of  colliers  arrived  in  the  river, 
being  part  of  a  large  fleet  which  have  been  detained  in 
the  northern  ports  for  fear  of  Paul  Jones's  squadron  for 
a  considerable  time  past." 

"London  Evening  Post,"  Thursday,  October  28,  1779. 

[Extract  of  a  letter   from  ofif  the  Island  of   the  Texel,   dated 
October  20,  1779.] 

"I  went  this  afternoon  with  some  gentlemen,  on  board 
the  Serapis  English  frigate,  where  I  saw  Mr.  Paul  Jones ; 
she  appeared  to  have  suffered  very  much  in  the  engage- 
ment with  the  Bon  Homme  Richard,  Jones's  ship,  having 
lost  her  main  mast,  and  being  otherways  very  much  dam- 
aged in  her  hull ;  she  has  got  a  new  mast  along  side,  which 
came  down  from  Amsterdam,  and  is  getting  every  neces- 
sary repair,  so  that  when  she  sails  from  hence,  she  will 
be  completely  refitted,  and  may  do  the  English  a  great 
deal  of  mischief,  as  Paul  Jones  is  most  certainly  a  very 
enterprizing  man.  I  was  likewise  on  board  the  Pallas 
French  frigate,  where  I  saw  Captain  Pearson,  late  cap- 
tain of  the  Serapis,  with  several  of  his  officers,  who  are 
prisoners  on  board  that  ship.  Notwithstanding  Sir  Jo- 
seph Yorke's  memorial  to  the  States  of  Holland,  Paul 
Jones  will  refit  his  fleet  as  well  as  if  he  was  in  a  port  of 
France  or  America.  His  fleet  consists  of  the  following 
vessels,  viz.,  the  Serapis  of  44  guns;  the  Alliance,  an 


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American  frigate  of  36  guns ;  and  the  Vengeance,  a 
French  brig  of  14  guns ;  or  16  guns ;  with  the  Countess  of 
Scarborough  prize,  of  20  guns. 

"London  Evening  Post,"  Thursday,  October  28,  1779. 

Rotterdam,  Oct.  15,  1779. 

Sir  Joseph  Yorke,  the  British  Ambassador  at  the 
Hague,  has  actually  demanded  Paul  Jones  and  his  prizes. 
The  answer  from  their  High  Mightinesses,  I  am  in- 
formed, from  the  best  authority,  is  as  follows  : 

"Previous  to  any  consideration  for  delivering  up  Cap- 
tain Paul  Jones,  or  the  vessels  he  has  taken,  we  request 
a  candid  and  impartial  answer  to  the  following  queries : 

"Does  Sovereignty  imply  or  confer  any  right  to  rob, 
inslave,  or  murder  the  subject,  or,  in  other  words,  can 
the  breath  and  mandate  of  a  King  sanctify  a  crime,  or 
justify  villainy? 

"Has  not  Captain  Paul  Jones  as  great  a  right  to  capture 
the  ships  of  his  Britannic  Majesty,  or  his  subjects  (having 
a  commission  from  the  Congress)  as  they  have  to  capture 
those  belonging  to  America? 

"Have  not  the  ports  of  Holland  been  deemed  neutral? 
And  would  not  a  denial  of  such  neutrality,  by  giving  up 
Captain  Paul  Jones  at  the  present  critical  period,  be  mani- 
fest injustice  to  the  Colonies,  and  a  gross,  dangerous,  and 
unpardonable  insult  to  their  friends  and  allies,  the  French 
and  Spaniards? 

"Is  not  Captain  Paul  Jones  (criminal  as  he  is  repre- 
sented) a  saint  in  comparison  with  those  officers,  who, 
under  the  specious  pretence  of  fighting  the  battles  of  their 
King  and  country  in  the  Colonies,  commit  the  most  horrid 
outrages  that  ever  disgraced  the  annals  of  a  civilized  na- 
tion ;  have  they  not  stole  cattle,  plundered  houses,  seized 
ships,  murdered  their  fellow  subjects  in  cold  blood,  de- 


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stroyed  whole  towns  by  fire,  and  exposed  unoffending 
men,  women  and  children,  to  the  mercy  of  the  elements, 
and  every  calamity  that  infernal  rage,  or  ministerial  bru- 
tality, can  invent  or  dictate  ? 

"Have  the  Court  of  Great  Britain  offered  a  reward,  or 
denounced  punishment  against  the  aforesaid  British 
thieves,  murderers,  and  incendiaries.  Has  it  relinquished, 
in  one  instance,  its  own  inhuman  measures  or  proposed  to 
restore  the  ships  that  have  been  taken  from  the  highly 
injured  Colonists.  If  it  has  not,  with  what  propriety 
or  justice  does  it  now  demand  Captain  Paul  Jones?  Is 
not  the  requisition  to  the  last  inflammatory  and  diabolical 
proceedings  of  the  British  troops  in  America  excite  retal- 
iation, and  make  poor  Old  England  (once  famed  for 
mercy  and  sound  policy)  contemptible  in  the  eyes  of  every 
nation  upon  earth?" 

"London  Evening  Post,"  Thursday,  October  28,  1779. 

Paul  Jones  has  been  most  graciously  received  at  Ver- 
sailles, particularly  by  the  Queen,  who  made  several  sar- 
castic comparisons  between  his  conduct  and  the  Count 
d'Orvillier's.  She  has  presented  him  with  a  sword  of 
very  considerable  value. 

"The  Morning  Post  and  Daily  Advertiser,"  Friday, 
October  29,  1779. 

The  sentiments  of  the  patriots  to  the  honour  of  their 
country,  are  fully  displayed,  in  exhibiting  their  darling 
Paul  Jones,  dressed  like  an  admiral,  and  stuck  up  in  every 
print  shop,  alongside  his  political  co-partner,  Admiral 
Keppel.  They  form  a  blessed  pair  of  Englishmen  to 
divert  the  curiosity  of  a  London  mob. 

Paul  Jones  having  lost  his  election  for  Middlesex,  by  a 


ii8  PAUL  JONES 

scheme  which  his  friends  imagine  comes  within  the  mean- 
ing of  undue  influence  he  will  petition ;  and  if  that  is  car- 
ried against  him,  he  is  to  come  in  for  the  City  at  the  gen- 
eral election.  Had  the  Commodore  been  proposed  by 
Tommy  Townsend  at  the  Sheriff's  meeting  at  Hackney, 
he  would  not  have  met  with  any  opposition. 

If  the  Dutch  should,  in  compliance  with  the  requisition 
of  our  Ambassador,  deliver  up  Paul  Jones,  which  bye  the 
bye  is  rather  improbable  it  is  confidently  said  he  will  be 
tried  for  his  life ;  not  indeed  for  having  levied  war  against 
the  King,  that  is  a  crime  which  at  present  it  would  not 
be  prudent  to  punish  in  an  American,  or  person  bearing 
an  American  Commission,  as  through  retaliation  we  might 
lose  some  of  our  best  friends  in  America.  The  crime  for 
which  report  says  he  will  be  tried  is  murder;  for  he  is 
accused,  but  with  what  degree  of  justice  it  is  not  easy 
at  present  to  ascertain,  of  having  murdered  a  man  in 
Scotland,  before  he  enlisted  under  the  banner  of  rebellion. 

As  Paul  Jones  is  now  the  most  general  topic  of  con- 
versation, every  anecdote  that  relates  to  him  will  certainly 
gratify  the  curiosity  of  the  public.  A  correspondent  says 
he  has  therefore,  sent  us  the  following,  which  he  assures 
us  may  be  depended  upon : 

"Paul  Jones  was  born  at  Whitehaven,  where  he  was 
put  to  school  but  having  no  turn  for  grammatical  learning, 
he  proved  in  point  of  books  a  very  great  blockhead,  and 
on  which  account  he  often  received  very  severe  chastise- 
ment. One  day  in  particular,  when  he  came  to  perform 
his  task,  not  having  looked  at  a  syllable  of  it,  he  was  of 
course  completely  ignorant  of  what  he  should  have  re- 
hearsed. This  neglect  so  exasperated  his  master,  that  he 
gave  him  the  most  violent  flogging ;  Paul  had  resolved  to 
retaliate  upon  his  master.  Having  furnished  himself 
with  a  large  oaken  stick,  he  way-laid  the  pedagogue  upon 


CONTEMPORARY  ACCOUNTS  119 

his  return  from  a  club,  who  being  half  seas  over  was  un- 
able to  defend  himself.  Jones  attacked  him  in  a  dark 
place,  and  belabored  him  most  unmercifully  to  such  a 
degree  that  he  was  taken  up  for  dead.  He,  however,  re- 
covered, but  Paul  Jones  did  not  wait  the  event,  and  im- 
mediately entered  on  board  a  man-of-war  that  lay  off 
Whitehaven.  To  this  accident  are  we  indebted  for  hav- 
ing such  a  formidable  and  desperate  pirate  by  sea." 

"London  Evening  Post,"  Saturday,  October  30,  1779. 

"This  afternoon  arrived  here  the  Zephyr,  Captain  John 

Pilter,  and ,  Capt.  Henry  Postgate,  from  Amsterdam, 

both  which  vessels  were  taken  by  a  cutter  privateer  of 
Dunkirk,  of  10  guns,  Capt.  J.  F.  Clux,on  Friday  morning, 
the  22d  instant,  and  ransomed  on  Saturday  the  23d  for 
400  guineas  each.  By  these  vessels,  which  left  Amsterdam 
only  on  Thursday  the  21st,  advice  is  received,  that  Paul 
Jones  was  then  fitting  the  Countess  of  Scarborough  up  to 
send  the  prisoners  to  France  in,  and  is  likely  ready  to  sail 
by  this  time.  The  Serapis  was  nearly  repaired  ;  a  mainmast 
had  been  sent  down,  and  was  along  side  ready  for  taking 
in  on  the  21st.     As  such,  these  ships  must  be  near  ready. 

"There  is  the  following  further  account  received  from 
Amsterdam,  that  a  large  frigate,  buih  for  the  French,  is 
launched  there,  to  carry  32  thirty-two  pounders  on  one 
deck,  and  was  fitting  out  with  all  expedition  the  command 
of  which  is  designed  for  the  Captain  of  the  Pallas,  which 
took  the  Countess  of  Scarborough;  and  that  frigate  was 
nearly  ready  to  launch,  larger  than  the  above,  and  for  our 
enemies.  Two  French  cutters,  of  18  guns  each,  were  rid- 
ing at  the  Texel,  which  had  joined  Jones's  fleet,  and  with 
the  force  getting  ready,  and  that  may  join,  will  make  a 
formidable  flying  squadron;  the  intelligence  concerning 


I20  PAUL  JONES 

which,  I  got  a  steady  gentleman  in  town  to  collect,  and 
you  may  rely  on  the  whole. 

"I  hope,  Sir,  I  may  call  on  the  Admiralty  once  more  to 
keep  an  eye  on  the  North  Sea,  to  look  after  this  rover. 
The  proper  station  for  ships  will  be  in  Harwich,  the  Hum- 
ber,  and  in  the  Firth  of  Forth.  As  to  Shields  and  Holy 
Island,  there  is  not  depth  of  water  for  large  ships ;  and  if 
the  Admiralty  sends  a  proper  number  of  50  guns,  or  one 
or  two  of  60,  and  some  frigates,  stationed  as  above,  Jones 
may  be  timely  cut  off  before  he  is  strengthened  further 
by  the  capture  of  more  of  our  small  cruisers,  or  capital 
frigates ;  for  I  am  certain,  that  there  is  no  probability  of 
the  Dutch  giving  up  the  Serapis  and  Countess  of  Scar- 
borough; on  the  contrary  they  laugh  at  our  memorial,  and 
give  Jones  every  encouragement  he  can  expect  or  wish." 
*         *         *         * 

Letters  from  France  say,  that  Paul  Jones  is  made  a 
Knight  of  the  order  of  St.  Lewis. 

"The  Morning  Post  and  Daily  Advertiser,"  Wednes- 
day, November  3,  1779. 

A  gentleman  who  came  to  town  yesterday  morning 
from  Holland,  declared  at  a  Coffee-house  near  the 
'Change,  that  he  saw  Paul  Jones  at  the  Hague  last  Thurs- 
day evening,  that  he  is  much  caressed  by  the  Dutch  and 
that  he  saw  his  ships  lie  in  the  Texel.  According  to  this 
account  Jones  could  not  be  at  Paris,  as  has  been  asserted 
in  some  of  the  papers. 

"London  Evening  Post,"  Friday,  November  12,  1779. 

A  letter  from  Ostend,  says,  "We  just  now  hear  that 
Paul  Jones  is  preparing  to  leave  the  Texel  with  his  ships. 
on  a  fresh  cruize,  the  object  of  which  is  kept  a  profound 


CONTEMPORARY  ACCOUNTS  121 

secret ;  but  it  has  no  doubt  in  view  some  depredation  on 
the  North  of  Great  Britain.  The  Scrapis  is  said  to  be 
coming  to  Dunkirk  to  repair,  and  that  he  is  to  have  one 
of  their  large  privateers  in  her  stead,  with  the  Pallas,  and 
two  other  vessels." 

"The    Morning   Post   and    Daily   Advertiser,"    Satur- 
day, November  13,  1779. 

The  livery  should  not  be  in  too  great  a  hurry  to  promise 
their  votes  to  any  citizen  who  has  declared  himself  a  can- 
didate for  the  vacant  Chamberlainship,  as  it  is  almost  a 
certainty  that  Gen.  Burgoyne,  Paul  Jones,  Charles  Fox, 
Cunningham  the  pirate,  or  some  other  of  our  desperate 
patriots  will  declare  themselves  in  a  few  days. 

The  last  letters  by  the  Dutch  Mail  advise,  that  notice 
has  been  given  Paul  Jones  that  the  time  limited  for  his 
refitting  being  expired,  he  must  put  to  sea  within  the 
course  of  ten  days,  which  injunction  he  promised  to  com- 
ply with.  A  proper  force  of  English  frigates  is  waiting 
in  order  to  salute  him  on  his  sailing  out  of  the  mouth  of 
the  Texel. 

"London  Evening  Post,"  Monday,  November  15,  1779. 
A  gentleman  who  came  from  Holland  on  Saturday  says, 
that  Paul  Jones  with  his  fleet,  sailed  out  of  the  Texel  last 
Tuesday,  and  that  he  had  taken  on  board  provisions  for 
a  seven  months  cruize. 

"London  Evening  Post,"  Tuesday,  November  16,  1779. 

Hague,  Nov.  4. 
Sir  Joseph   Yorke,   the   English   Ambassador  to   this 
republick,  has  presented  the  following  Memorial  to  their 
High  Mightinesses,  viz. : 


122  PAUL  JONES 

"High  and  Mighty  Lords, 

"In  thanking  your  High  Mightinesses  for  the  orders 
which  your  humanity,  dictated  relative  to  the  wounded 
men  on  board  the  two  King's  ships,  the  Serapis  and  the 
Coutitess  of  Scarborough,  I  cannot  but  comply  with  the 
strict  orders  of  his  Majesty,  by  renewing,  in  the  strong- 
est and  most  pressing  manner,  his  request  that  those  ships 
and  their  crews  may  be  stopped,  and  delivered  up,  which 
the  Pirate  Paul  Jones  of  Scotland,  who  is  a  rebel  subject, 
and  a  criminal  of  the  state,  has  taken. 

"The  sentiment  of  equity  and  justice  which  your  High 
Mightinesses  possess,  leave  me  no  room  to  doubt  but 
that,  upon  mature  deliberation  upon  all  the  circumstances 
of  this  affair,  you  will  acknowledge  the  reasonableness  of 
this  request,  founded  both  on  the  most  solemn  treaties 
now  subsisting  between  Great  Britain  and  the  United 
Provinces,  and  the  right  and  customs  of  nations  in  friend- 
ship and  alliance, 

"The  stipulations  of  the  treaty  of  Breda  of  the  20th  of 
July,  1667  (old  Stile)  confirmed  particularly  in  that  of 
1716,  and  all  the  later  ones  are  too  clear  and  incontestible 
in  that  respect  for  the  full  force  of  them  not  to  be  felt. 

"The  King  would  think  he  derogated  from  his  own 
dignity,  as  well  as  that  of  your  High  Mightinesses,  was 
he  to  enter  into  the  particulars  of  a  case  so  notorious  as 
that  in  question,  or  to  set  before  the  eyes  of  the  ancient 
friends  and  allies  of  his  Crown  analagous  examples  of' 
other  Princes  and  States,  but  will  only  remark,  that  all 
the  placards  even  of  your  High  Mightinesses  require, 
that  all  the  Captains  of  foreign  armed  vessels  shall,  upon 
their  arrival,  present  their  letters  of  marque  or  commis- 
sion, and  authorities,  according  to  the  custom  of  the 
Admiralties,  to  treat  all  those  as  pirates  whose  letters  are 


CONTEMPORARY  ACCOUNTS  123 

found  to  be  illegal  for  want  of  being  granted  by  a  Sov- 
ereign power. 

"The  quality  of  Paul  Jones,  and  all  the  circumstances 
of  the  affair,  are  too  notorious  for  your  High  Mighti- 
nesses to  be  ignorant  of  them.  The  eyes  of  all  Europe 
are  fixed  upon  your  resolution;  your  High  Mightinesses 
too  well  know  the  value  of  good  faith  not  to  give  an 
example  of  it  in  this  essential  rencontre.  The  smallest 
deviation  from  so  sacred  a  rule  by  weakening  the  friend- 
ship of  neighbors,  may  produce  serious  consequences. 

"The  King  has  always  glorified  in  cultivating  the 
friendship  of  your  High  Mightinesses ;  his  Majesty  con- 
stantly persists  in  the  same  sentiments;  but  the  English 
nation  does  not  think  that  it  any  ways  has  deserved  its 
fellow  citizens  to  be  imprisoned  in  the  ports  of  the  repub- 
lic by  a  man  of  no  character,  a  subject  of  the  same  coun- 
try, and  who  enjoys  that  liberty  which  they  are  de- 
prived of. 

"It  is  for  these  and  many  other  stirring  reasons,  which 
cannot  escape  the  wisdom  and  penetration  of  your  High 
Mightinesses,  that  the  underwritten  hopes  to  receive  a 
speedy  and  favourable  answer,  conformable  to  the  just 
expectation  of  the  King  his  Master  and  the  British  na- 
tion. 

"Done  at  the  Hague,  Oct.  29,  1779. 

"Sir  Joseph  Yorke." 

Paul  Jones's  squadron  now  consists  of  one  ship  of 
40  guns,  one  of  32,  one  of  26,  and  two  other  vessels  of  16 
guns  each. 

*         *         *         * 

Paul  Jones  is  said  to  have  left  the  Texel,  with  an  in- 
tent to  pay  a  visit  to  these  coasts  before  Christmas.  U 
this  be  true,  the  British  memorial  lately  presented  to  the 


124  PAUL  JONES 

States,  falls  to  the  ground,  and  only  adds  a  fresh  instance 
to  the  imbecility  of  our  councils. 

"The  Morning  Post  and  Daily  Advertiser,"  Thursday, 
November  i8,  1779. 

Hague,  Nov.  10. 

On  the  25th  of  last  month  their  High  Mightinesses 
came  to  the  following  resolution  relative  to  Paul  Jones's 
squadron  and  prizes,  and  delivered  the  same  to  the  Eng- 
lish Ambassador : 

"That  their  High  Mightinesses  being  informed  that 
three  frigates  had  lately  arrived  at  the  Texel,  namely,  two 
French  and  one  called  an  American,  commanded  by  Paul 
Jones,  bringing  with  them  two  prizes  taken  by  them  in 
the  open  sea,  and  called  the  Serapis  and  the  Countess  of 
Scarborough,  described  in  the  Ambassador's  Memorial. 
That  their  High  Mightinesses  having  for  a  century  past 
strictly  observed  the  following  maxim,  and  notified  the 
same  by  placards,  viz.,  that  they  will,  in  no  respect  what- 
ever, pretend  to  judge  of  the  legality  or  illegality  of  the 
actions  of  those  who  have  on  the  open  sea  taken  any 
vessels  which  do  not  belong  to  this  country,  and  bring 
them  into  any  of  the  ports  of  this  republic,  that  they  only 
open  their  ports  to  them  to  give  them  shelter  from  storms 
or  other  disasters,  and  that  they  oblige  them  to  put  to 
sea  again  with  their  prizes  without  unloading  or  dispos- 
ing of  their  cargoes,  but  letting  them  remain  exactly  as 
when  they  arrived.  That  their  High  Mightinesses  will 
not  examine  whether  the  prizes  taken  by  the  three  frigates 
in  question  belong  to  the  French  or  the  Americans,  or 
whether  they  are  legal  or  illegal  prizes,  but  leave  that  to 
be  determined  by  the  proper  judges,  and  will  oblige  them 
to  put  to  sea,  that  they  may  be  liable  to  be  retaken,  and 
by  that  means  brought  before  the  proper  judge,  partic- 


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iilariy  as  his  Excellency,  the  Ambassador,  must  own  he 
would  have  no  less  a  right  to  reclaim  the  above  mentioned 
ships,  if  they  had  been  private  property,  than  as  they 
have  been  King's  ships;  therefore  their  High  Mightinesses 
are  not  authorized  to  pass  judgment  upon  these  prizes,  or 
the  person  of  Paul  Jones ;  that  as  to  what  regards  acts  of 
humanity,  their  High  Mightinesses  have  already  made 
appear  how  ready  they  are  to  shew  them  towards  the 
wounded  on  board  those  vessels,  and  that  they  have  given 
orders  accordingly.  That  an  extract  of  the  present  reso- 
lution shall  be  given  to  Sir  Joseph  Yorke  by  the  Agent 
Vander  Burch  de  Spierinxhock." 

5)^  -1*  -K  'K 

From  the  answer  of  the  States  General  to  Sir  Joseph 
Yorke's  memorial  respecting  Paul  Jones,  it  appears  clearly 
that  they  are  anxious  to  avoid  a  dispute  with  either  of 
the  belligerent  powers ;  thro'  their  pretended  neutrality 
militates  too  essentially  against  the  interests  of  England, 
for  our  ministers  to  depend  any  longer  on  their  profes- 
sions of  amity. 

"The  Gazetteer  and  New  Daily  Advertiser,"  Thursday, 
November  18,  1779. 

Nezvcastle,  Nov.  /j. 

We  hear  that  Paul  Jones  will  not  be  able  to  put  to  sea 

again  without  having  another  brush  with  four  of  our 

frigates,  who  are  constantly  cruizing  ofif  the  Texel,  with 

orders  not  to  quit  that  station  till  they  bring  him  to  action. 

*         *         *         * 

By  a  private  letter  from  the  Hague  we  are  informed, 
that  the  politicians  in  that  centre  of  politics  are  unani- 
mously of  opinion,  that  no  satisfactory  answer  will 
be  given  to  the  Memorial  of  Sir  Joseph  Yorke.  The 
State  General  will  order  Jones  to  depart  as  soon  as  possi- 


126  PAUL  JONES 

ble,  without  disposing  of  his  prizes;  and  orders  will  be 
given  to  furnish  him  with  no  more  stores  than  are  neces- 
sary to  carry  him  into  the  first  neutral  or  free  port.  But 
these  orders  will  be  so  general,  that  on  sundry  pretexts 
they  may  very  easily,  and  most  certainly  will  be  eluded. 

"London  Evening  Post,"  Friday,  November  ig,  1779. 

Everybody  is  impatient  to  know  what  answer  will  be 
given  to  Sir  Joseph  Yorke's  last  memorial,  which  will,  in 
all  probability,  soon  appear,  as  the  States  assembled  the 
day  before  yesterday,  and  were  to  examine  the  said 
memorial  before  they  proceeded  to  anything  else. 

We  are  informed  that  six  English  prisoners,  of  the  crew 
of  the  Serapis,  having  found  means  to  escape  from  that 
ship,  came  to  the  English  Ambassador  at  the  Hague,  who 
gave  them  money  to  bear  their  expenses  to  England ;  that 
these  men  went  afterwards  to  Amsterdam,  in  order  to 
embark  for  England,  but  they  were  stopt  in  that  city. 
This  seems  a  little  hard,  and  an  infringement  of  all  rights, 
particularly  that  of  nations ;  they  endeavored  however, 
to  colour  over  this  proceeding,  by  saying  it  was  Jones's 
people  that  seized  these  men,  unknown  to  the  Magistrate ; 
but  would  they  have  dared  do  anything  without  his  knowl- 
edge, which  throws  such  a  contempt  upon  his  authority? 
The  conduct  of  the  Amsterdammers  is  very  unaccount- 
able ;  they  seem  determined  to  quarrel  with  the  English. 

There  are  only  25  men  of  war  equipped  out  of  the  41 
that  were  agreed  upon.  These  will  be  divided  into  four 
squadrons. 

"The  Morning  Post  and   Daily  Advertiser,"  Friday, 
November  19,  1779. 
Paul  Jones's  squadron  are  most  certainly  ordered  to 
leave  the  Texel  immediately;  they  consist  of  five  ships 


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(including  the  Scrapis  and  Countess  of  Scarborough, 
prizes)  in  all ;  as  the  force  that  is  sent  to  watch  their  com- 
ing is  something  superior,  it  is  to  be  hoped  the  next 
port  which  their  renegade  makes  will  be  an  English  one, 
under  convoy  of  His  Majesty's. 

[Extract  of  a  letter  from  Rotterdam,  Oct.  26.] 

"You  will  know  that  the  rebel  and  villain  Paul  Jones 
is  in  Amsterdam,  however,  he  is  not  generally  caressed, 
and  it  is  therefore  I  suppose  that  he  keeps  himself  quiet. 
He  appears  in  French  regimental  and  not  in  English,  as 
mentioned  in  the  English  papers.  He  was  one  day  at  the 
Hague;  another  in  Rotterdam,  but  few  persons  know  of 
his  being  here.  One  man  was  in  our  warehouse,  who 
with  another  made  his  escape  in  a  boat  from  Paul  Jones's 
ship,  they  were  told  of  the  English  prisoners  who  were 
set  to  attend  their  wounded  companions.  At  present  the 
wounded  are  all  on  shore,  by  order  of  the  Prince  of 
Orange,  and  properly  attended  and  when  well  will  be  free 
men  again. 

"The  Morning  Post  and  Daily  Advertiser,"  Monday. 
November  22,  1779. 

We  learn  from  Utrecht,  that  the  Gazette  of  that  Prov- 
ince has  been  suppressed.  The  reason  for  ii  is  as  fol- 
lows: A  vessel  of  Paul  Jones's,  which  a  few  weeks  ago 
brought  two  prizes  into  one  of  the  ports  of  Norway,  the 
Captain  having  been  obliged  to  release  them  and  to  quit 
the  port  himself  in  24  hours  as  he  neither  bore  a  flag,  nor 
could  show  letters  of  marque  from  any  sovereign 
acknowledged  by  his  Danish  Majesty,  Mr.  Pench,  editor 
of  the  French  Utrecht  Gazette,  having  admitted  in  his 
paper  No.  91,  of  the  22d  of  October,  several  very  offen- 


128  PAUL  JONES 

sive  expressions,  highly  reflecting  on  this  proceeding  and 
entirely  out  of  his  department,  he  has  been  suspended 
until  such  time  as  he  shall  have  made  proper  satisfaction. 
The  wisdom  of  our  government,  and  of  our  illustrious 
magistrates  do  not  permit  the  Gazettes  to  be  converted 
into  indecent  libels  against  any  power  in  Europe.  As 
Mr.  Pencil  has  made  a  very  respectful  submission  to  the 
Danish  Envoy,  we  hope  that  the  King  of  Denmark  will 
permit  his  minister  to  intercede  for  him,  and  that  he  soon 
will  be  allowed  to  follow  his  occupation. 


"The  Gazetteer  and  New  Daily  Advertiser,"  Wednes- 
day, December  i,  1779. 

Ley  den,  Nov.  25. 

The  notoriety  of  the  reclamations  made  by  Sir  Joseph 
Yorke  to  the  States  General,  on  the  subject  of  Paul 
Jones,  having  excited  a  general  attention  throughout  all 
the  nations  of  Europe,  as  to  the  ultimate  termination  of 
it,  we  are  happy  in  the  opportunity  of  communicating 
to  the  public  the  final  and  definitive  resolution  of  the 
States,  which  we  represent  impartially,  and  in  the 
very  terms  in  which  it  was  conceived. — This  resolution  is 
drawn  up  with  great  skill,  as  it  agrees  scrupulously  with 
the  principles  of  neutrality,  which  they  profess,  without 
any  violation  of  the  amity  subsisting  between  Great  Brit- 
ain and  the  Republic.     The  following  is  the  translation : 

Wednesday,  Nov.  ip,  1779. 
"On  resuming  the  deliberations  respecting  the  Memo- 
rial presented  by  Sir  Joseph  Yorke,  the  Ambassador 
Extraordinary,  and  Plenipotentiary  of  his  Majesty  the 
King  of  Great  Britain,  to  their  High  Mightinesses,  on  the 
29th  of  last  month,  renewing,  in  consequence  of  particu- 


CONTEMPORARY  ACCOUNTS  129 

lar  orders  from  his  said  Majesty,  the  most  pressing 
solicitations  for  the  restitution  of  the  two  vessels  of  war 
the  Serapis  and  Countess  of  Scarborough,  and  also  for 
the  release  of  their  respective  crews,  which  one  named 
Paul  Jones  had  captured,  it  has  been  resolved  to  return 
the  following  answer  to  the  last  Memorial  of  the  above 
mentioned  Ambassador : — 

"That,  upon  the  repeated  instances  made  by  the  Ambas- 
sador, by  order  of  his  Court,  for  the  restitution  of  the 
vessels  of  war  the  Serapis  and  Countess  of  Scarborough 
and  also  for  the  releasement  of  their  respective  crews, 
which  one  named  Paul  Jones  had  captured,  and  with 
which  he  had  entered  the  Texel,  their  High  Mightinesses 
have  repeatedly  taken  into  their  most  serious  considera- 
tion all  the  circumstances  of  the  afifair: — that  they  find 
themselves  under  the  necessity  of  beseeching  his  Majesty 
to  believe  that  their  High  Mightinesses  still  continue  in 
their  old  maxim  of  rigid  neutrality,  and  that  without 
concerning  themselves  with  any  decision  respecting  the 
legality  or  illegality  of  the  capture  of  those  prizes  brought 
into  their  ports,  they  will  compel  them  to  put  to  sea.  .  .  . 
Their  High  Mightinesses  are  of  opinion  that  this  maxim 
which  they  allude  to  is  entirely  consistent  with  all  their 
treaties ;  .  .  .  but  to  shew  that  it  was  no  intention  or 
inclination  of  theirs  that  any  succours  should  be  procured 
in  their  territories  for  the  aid  of  his  Majesty's  Colonies 
in  America,  they  issued  immediately,  on  the  entry  of  Paul 
Jones  into  their  harbour,  a  strict  order,  that  he  should  not 
be  supplied  with  any  species  of  military  ammunition,  nor 
any  other  articles  of  any  kind,  excepting  only  such  as 
were  necessary  for  him  in  going  to  sea  again,  and  for 
his  reaching  the  first  port  where  he  could  be  received. 

"That  their  High  Mightinesses  will  likewise  give  orders 
for  him  to  depart  as  soon  as  his  vessels  are  in  a  condition 


I30  PAUL  JONES 

to  put  to  sea,  and  there  is  a  favourable  wind ;  and  will 
even  force  him  to  obey  this  injunction  in  case  there  should 
be  any  occasion.  That  their  High  Mightinesses  assure 
him  that  he  may  depend  on  it,  that  they  shall  invariably 
persist  in  the  declaration  which  they  made  to  his  Maj- 
esty .  .  ."  That  they  did  not  wish  to  do  anything  from 
which  it  might  be  inferred  that  they  acknowledged  the 
independence  of  his  Majesty's  American  Colonies ;  "and 
that  they  will  not  afford  either  succour  or  asylum  to 
Paul  Jones,  but  will  uniformly  pursue  the  conduct  they 
have  at  all  times  maintained  towards  those  who  have  put 
into  their  ports  for  shelter  in  any  disasters  which  have 
befallen  them  at  sea:  They  do  not  concern  themselves 
with  what  has  happened  to  them  at  sea,  and  without  in- 
forming themselves  on  the  subject,  they  leave  everything 
in  the  same  state  in  which  it  was  a  little  before  the  vessel 
entered  their  country.  That  their  High  Mightinesses  flat- 
ter themselves  that  his  Majesty,  and  the  English  nation, 
for  whom  their  High  Mightinesses  have  the  utmost 
esteem,  will  be  contented  with  these  dispositions,  v^ithout 
insisting  farther  upon  the  reclamation  made.  That  an 
extract  of  the  resolution  of  their  High  Mightinesses  be 
delivered  to  Sir  Joseph  Yorke  by  the  Agent  Vawder  Burk 
de  Spivinxhook.  That  further,  the  Admiralty  College  at 
Amsterdam  shall  be  written  to,  to  signify  to  Paul  Jones, 
that  their  High  Mightinesses  assure  him,  that  having  only 
put  in  there  for  the  purpose  of  sheltering  his  disabled 
vessels  from  the  dangers  of  the  sea,  he  has  had  time  suf- 
ficient to  refit  them,  and  in  consequence  of  that,  they 
desire  he  will  set  sail  as  soon  as  the  wind  and  weather 
render  it  possible ;  and  that  he  will  quit  their  country,  as 
their  High  Mightinesses  cannot  permit  his  longer  stay; 
and  as  the  approach  of  winter  may  reduce  him  to  many 
inconveniences,  it  will  be  necessary  for  him  not  to  let  any 


CONTEMPORARY  ACCOUNTS  131 

favourable  opportunity  for  putting  to  sea  escape  him.  ... 
That  this  is  the  serious  intention  of  their  High  Mighti- 
nesses and  that  they  do  not  imagine  he  will,  by  opposing 
them,  oblige  them  to  pursue  measures  that  will  not  be 
agreeable  to  him.  That  nevertheless,  for  the  greater  se- 
curity, and  to  prevent  delays,  his  Serene  Highness  the 
Prince  Stadtholder,  (as  High  Admiral)  is  hereby  re- 
quested to  give  orders  to  Vice-Admiral  Theynst,  or  to 
the  officer  who  commands  in  the  Texel,  to  observe  with 
the  utmost  care,  that  the  said  Paul  Jones  go  out  with  his 
prizes  as  soon  as  the  weather  and  wind  permit ;  and  not 
to  admit  of  any  delay  but  what  shall  be  found  absolutely 
necessary ;  and  to  aid,  by  any  possible  means,  not  even 
excepting  force,  the  execution  of  their  High  Mighti- 
nesses' orders." 

"The  Gazetteer  and  New  Daily  Advertiser,"  Thurs- 
day, December  16,  1779. 

Hague,  Dec.  10. 

Circumstances  having  changed  relative  to  Paul 
Jones's  squadron,  at  the  Texel,  the  States  General 
have  suspended  the  effect  of  their  resolution  of  the 
19th  of  November.  By  a  future  resolution  taken  by 
their  High  Mightinesses  on  the  26th  of  the  same  month 
it  appears  they  on  that  day  received  a  letter  from  the 
Prince  Stadtholder,  in  which  his  Serene  Highness  in- 
formed them,  "that  conformable  to  their  above-mentioned 
resolution  of  the  19th  of  November,  he  had  sent  the  neces- 
sary orders  to  Vice-Admiral  Rynst,  who  commands  in  the 
road  of  the  Texel,  that  he  should  use  every  means,  not 
excepting  forcible  ones,  to  oblige  Paul  Jones  to  put  to  sea 
with  the  first  fair  wind,  and  that  Paul  Jones  had  declared 
he  was  ready  to  obey  the  orders  of  their  High  Mighti- 
nesses, and  would  sail  as  soon  as  he  was  provided  with 


132  PAUL  JONES 

everything  necessary;  but  that  it  since  happened  that  on 
the  25th  of  November  Admiral  Rynst  sent  Capt.  Van 
Overmeer  on  board  the  Serapis,  to  give  notice  to  the  com- 
manding officer,  that  he  must  provide  himself  with  a  Pilot 
and  sail ;  he  was  answered,  that  that  ship  was  no  longer 
commanded  by  Paul  Jones,  but  by  the  French  Captain 
Cotensau  de  Cosgelin,  who  had  taken  possession  of  her  in 
the  name  of  the  King  of  France." 

The  Prince  then  refers  to  Vice-Admiral  Rynst's  letter, 
and  adds,  "that  till  he  received  the  further  orders  of  their 
High  Mightinesses  he  had  wrote  to  Admiral  Rynst  not 
to  use  any  forcible  means  till  further  orders  with  regard 
to  the  ships  in  question,  and  that  their  commanders  should 
prove  they  had  French  commissions,  but  that  the  former 
orders  should  nevertheless  remain  in  force  with  regard 
to  the  ship  called  the  Alliance,  actually  commanded  by 
Paul  Jones ;"  and  his  Serene  Highness  at  the  same  time 
"charged  the  Vice-Admiral  to  take  care  that,  conformable 
to  the  treaty  of  the  3d  of  November,  1756,  none  of  the 
prisoners  who  were  not  brought  into  the  road  on  board 
that  vessel  should  be  carried  on  board  her."  The  Prince 
further  hopes,  that  the  States  will  approve  his  conduct  in 
this  affair;  their  High  Mightinesses  having  deliberated 
upon  this,  they  immediately  thanked  the  Prince  Stadt- 
holder  for  what  he  had  communicated  to  them,  and  en- 
tirely approved  of  his  proceedings  in  the  affair  in  ques- 
tion, and  they  mean  to  deliberate  upon  what  is  further  to 
be  done  in  it. 


JONES'S  LETTER  IN  THE  LEYDEN 
GAZETTE 


JONES'S  LETTER  IN  THE  LEYDEN 
GAZETTE 

"The  Morning  Post  and  Daily  Advertiser,"  Novem- 
ber 24,  1779. 

The  following  letter  was  addressed  from  Paul  Jones  to 
the  Editor  of  the  Leyden  Gazette. 

"From  on  board  the  Bon  Homme  Richard,  heretofore, 
the  Serapis  man-of-war,  in  the  Texel,  Nov.  11. 
Sir, 

"It  gives  me  great  pain  to  observe,  that  the  translation 
of  an  extract  from  my  journal,  which  has  appeared  in 
your  Gacette,  is  prefaced  by  a  remark  which  leads  people 
to  suppose  that  I  have  endeavoured  to  increase  my  own 
reputation  by  lessening  that  of  another.  So  far  from 
having  any  such  design,  it  has  never  been  my  wish  to 
make  any  complaint  whatsoever  against  an  officer,  or  any 
other  person  serving  under  me  public,  not  the  behaviour 
even  of  Capt.  Landais  excepted. 

"In  a  journal  a  man  conveys  his  ideas  just  as  they  occur 
to  him  at  the  time  he  writes,  whether  they  are  formed 
from  proper  observations,  are  in  consequence  of  another 
person's  representations,  or  such  as  arise  from  appear- 
ances. He  therefore  must  be  subject  to  errors,  which 
afterwards  he  may  have  it  in  his  power  to  correct.  If  it 
had  been  my  intention  to  have  published  my  journal,  I 
should  certainly  not  have  done  it  without  that  precaution, 
had  it  been  only  in  regard  to  the  style  ;  much  less  should 
I  have  given  it  to  the  public  after  it  had  undergone  a 

135 


136  PAUL  JONES 

translation  from  the  original,  just  as  it  stood  from  the 
time  of  writing  it. 

"I  am  fully  persuaded  that  this  publication  has  been 
made  without  the  smallest  intention  on  your  part  to  hurt 
any  one's  character ;  but  as  an  unfavorable  impression 
may  possibly  be  left  in  the  minds  of  the  public,  concern- 
ing the  conduct  of  Capt.  Ricot,  I  am  obliged  in  honor  to 
declare,  that,  since  the  action,  he  has  cleared  up  his  con- 
duct in  that  affair  entirely  to  my  satisfaction.  It  now 
plainly  appears,  that  the  Lieutenant  who  was  the  boat- 
pilot,  disobeyed  the  express  orders  of  Capt.  Ricot,  in  not 
coming  to  my  assistance.  I  ought  likewise  to  declare,  I 
had  not  any  design  to  reflect,  in  the  most  distant  manner, 
on  Capt.  Chamillard,  or  any  other  officer  on  board  the 
Bon  Homme  RicJiard  during  the  action,  the  gunner,  the 
carpenter,  and  the  captain  of  the  soldiers  excepted.  The 
crew  was  very  indifferently  composed,  but  the  officers, 
tho'  young  men,  behaved,  in  the  midst  of  the  most  im- 
minent dangers,  with  the  greatest  calmness  and  bravery, 
which,  at  the  same  time  that  it  reflects  the  highest  honour 
upon  them,  demands  my  sincerest  thanks. 

"I  cannot.  Sir,  conclude  this  letter,  without  taking  the 
opportunity  of  paying  my  sincere  acknowledgments  to 
Captain  Cotineau,  commander  of  the  Pallas,  both  respect- 
ing his  engagement  with  the  Countess  of  Scarborough, 
and  the  particular  solicitude  which  he  discovered  for  the 
situation  of  the  Bon  Homme  RicJiard.  Captain  Ricot, 
above  all,  claims  my  particular  thanks  for  his  attentive 
assiduity  regarding  the  motions  of  the  Bon  Homme 
Richard,  and  that  of  his  first  Lieutenant,  and  the  detach- 
ment from  his  crew,  which  came  to  my  assistance  imme- 
diately after  the  action,  and  did  everything  in  their  power 
to  save  the  ship.  My  gratitude  is  also  owing  to  the  offi- 
cers and  crew  of  the  Alliance  for  the  generous  inclina- 


CONTEMPORARY  ACCOUNTS         137 

tion  which,  as  I  afterwards  learnt,  they  discovered  to  get 
as  near  the  enemy  as  they  possibly  could,  conformably 
to  my  orders,  and  to  give  all  the  assistance  which  could 
be  expected  from  them,  and  I  am  absolutely  persuaded 
that  in  case  they  could  have  accomplished  their  wishes, 
or  that  Captain  Landais  had  taken  the  advice  of  his  offi- 
cers I  should  have  received  such  speedy  succour  from 
them,  as  would  have  finished  the  action  before  the  ships 
had  been  so  much  injured,  and  by  these  means  many 
lives  would  have  been  saved,  as  well  as  the  ship  le  Bon 
Homme  Richard. 

*'I  have  the  honour  to  be  with  much  respect,  &c, 

"(Signed)  J.  Paul  Jones." 


UNDER  WAY  AGAIN 


UNDER  WAY  AGAIN 

"The  Gazetteer  and  New  Daily  Advertiser,"  Friday, 
December  3,  1779. 

[Extract  of  a  letter  from  Dublin,  Nov.  23.] 

By  the  last  vessels  which  arrived  at  Harwich  from  the 
Texel  we  hear,  that  Paul  Jones's  squadron  was  com- 
pletely refitted;  but  that  it  was  currently  reported  at 
Amsterdam,  the  ships  would  be  sold  to  the  best  bidder, 
as  that  arch  rebel  did  not  think  it  safe  to  put  to  sea,  from 
his  knowledge  of  the  English  frigates  that  were  cruizing 
for  him.  This  report,  however,  was  not  much  credited, 
as  many  people  supposed  he  only  waited  for  a  proper 
opportunity  of  stealing  away  to  some  port  of  French 
Flanders. 

"London  Evening  Post,"  Tuesday,  December  7,  1779. 

Friday  last  arrived  the  Earl  of  Cesborough  packet 
with  a  mail;  by  her  we  are  informed  that  Paul  Jones's 
squadron  is  joined  by  four  French  frigates,  and  that 
Jones,  being  determined  not  to  be  taken  alive,  should  he 
be  overcome  by  the  English,  has  concealed  a  quantity 
of  lead  in  his  cloaths  to  sink  himself. 

"London  Evening  Post,"  Wednesday,   December   29, 

1779. 

Paul  Jones  sailed  out  of  the  Texel,  in  the  Alliance 

frigate,  on  the   13th  instant;  so  that  it  is  probable  we 

shall  soon  hear  of  his  farther  exploits  upon  our  coast,  if 

141 


142  PAUL  JONES 

he  does  not,  which  is  suspected,  sail  directly  for  America. 
It  is  not  certain  whether  he  has  any  other  ships  with  him 
or  not. 

"London  Evening  Post,"  Friday,  December  31,  1779. 

The  following  is  an  exact  list  of  Paul  Jones's  squad- 
ron :  the  Serapis  of  44  guns,  commanded  by  a  French 
officer;  the  Alliance,  of  38  guns,  on  board  of  which  is 
Paul  Jones ;  a  French  frigate,  of  30  guns ;  another  of  24, 
the  Countess  of  Scarborough,  of  20,  a  sloop  of  war  of 
16  and  one  of  14;  and  two  cutters,  one  of  12,  the  other 
of  10  guns,  and  it  is  said  they  are  all  well  manned.  All 
the  English  seamen,  taken  on  board  the  Scarborough  and 
Serapis,  are  set  at  liberty ;  most  of  the  wounded  are  re- 
covered, and  all  of  them  have  entered  with  Capt.  Pearson 
in  the  ship  he  is  appointed  to.  They  are  allowed  one 
shilling  per  diem  for  subsistence,  till  a  vessel  arrives  from 
England  to  carry  them  to  the  River  Thames,  where  his 
ship  lies. 

"The  Gazetteer  and  New  Daily  Advertiser,"  Thurs- 
day, December  30,  1779. 

[Extract  of  a  letter  from  Amsterdam,  Dec.  24.] 

"Paul  Jones  is  still  here,  but  supposed  to  sail  as  soon 
as  the  wind  will  admit;  all  the  ships  are  under  French 
colours.  Admiral  Retz,  who  commands  in  the  Texel,  sent 
to  him  when  the  time  expired  that  he  was  ordered  by  the 
States  to  quit  Holland,  and  acquainted  him,  that  unless 
he  left  the  Texel  before  the  next  morning,  he  should  send 
a  force  sufficient  to  drive  him  out ;  at  this  time  he  had 
American  colours  flying.  The  next  morning  the  Admiral 
sent  an  officer  to  see  if  he  was  gone,  who  returning  said, 
that  Paul  Jones's  ship  was  under  French  colours,  and  had 


CONTEMPORARY  ACCOUNTS  143 

informed  him  that  he  no  longer  belonged  to  the*  Amer- 
icans, but  to  the  crown  of  France ;  this  answer  silenced 
the  Admiral.  A  mezzotinto  print  of  him  is  in  all  the 
shops  in  Amsterdam,  the  Hague,  and  Rotterdam ;  it  was 
scraped  by  an  English  artist  who  resides  here. 

"London  Evening  Post,"  Saturday,  January  i,  1780. 

"Sailed  on  Wednesday  evening  from  St.  Helen's,  hav- 
ing slipped  their  cables,  in  quest  of  the  Serapis  and  Scar- 
borough, taken  some  time  since  by  Paul  Jones,  the  fol- 
lowing ships :  Namure,  Courageaux,  Centaur,  Valiant, 
Thunderer,  Buffalo,  Portland,  Emerald,  Seaford  and 
Camel;  the  Hazvke  and  Wolfe  sloops,  in  consequence  of 
a  signal  made  by  one  of  the  frigates  cruising  off  the 
island ;  the  Wolfe  is  returned,  and  reports,  that  the  above 
ships  were  in  sight  of  the  fleet  they  went  in  quest  of." 

"The  General  Advertiser  and  Morning  Intelligencer," 
Saturday,  January  i,  1780. 

"On  Monday,  last,  at  nine  in  the  morning,  Capt.  Paul 
Jones  sailed  from  the  Texel.  The  English  ships  sent  in 
search  of  him  were  driven  from  the  Dutch  coast,  by  the 
violence  of  the  winds,  a  fortnight  ago. 

"Captain  Pearson  and  Piercy  took  their  leave  this  day 
of  Sir  Joseph  Yorke,  and  the  packet  that  brings  this  letter 
to  you  will  have  the  honour  of  bearing  those  two  heroes 
to  their  native  country." 

"The  General  Advertiser  and  Morning  Intelligencer," 
Tuesday,  January  4,  1780. 

A  few  days  before  Paul  Jones  sailed  from  the  Texel, 
he  performed  an  action  which  marked  in  the  strangest 
manner  his  bold,  decisive  and  sanguinary  character ;  and 


144  PAUL  JONES 

which  struck  hundreds  of  spectators  with  horror  and 
amazement.  Eight  of  his  ship's  crew  seized  the  ship's 
longboat,  with  an  intention  to  desert,  and  rowed  a  little 
space  from  shore,  when  news  of  this  incident  was  brought 
to  the  Captain,  who  instantly  went  upon  deck,  and  per- 
ceiving that  they  would  be  beyond  his  reach  before  he 
should  be  able  to  go  in  pursuit  of  them,  very  calmly, 
with  his  own  hands,  pointed  one  of  the  ship's  guns 
against  the  boat,  and  sunk  it  with  the  eight  deserters,  in 
the  bottom  of  the  ocean.  The  above  anecdote  we  re- 
ceived from  a  lady  of  character,  who  had  it  from  her 
brother  at  Amsterdam. 

"London  Evening  Post,"  Tuesday,  January  4,  1780. 

Twenty-seven  ships  in  all,  sailed  from  the  Texel,  eight 
only  of  which  are  taken ;  the  nineteen  others  are  sup- 
posed to  have  got  into  Brest ;  and  as  they  are  said  to  have 
kept  along  the  French  coast,  it  is  imagined  that  they  had 
all  the  really  exceptional  articles  on  board,  such  as  tim- 
ber, canvass,  cordage,  powder,  &c. 

Paul  Jones  sailed  with  the  above  ships  from  the  Texel, 
but  kept  close  to  shore  with  the  nineteen  ships,  and  is 
supposed  to  have  got  into  Brest  with  them,  as  none  of 
them  were  seen  by  any  of  our  ships. 
*         *         *         * 

Paul  Jones  is  shortly  to  make  his  appearance  in  a  much 
superior  naval  character,  as  the  Queen  of  France  has  the 
highest  opinion  of  his  abilities. 

"London  Evening  Post,"  Wednesday,  January  5,  1780. 

"When  Paul  Jones  appeared  off  the  Humber,  in  Sep- 
tember, he  made  a  signal  for  pilots,  two  of  whom  went 
off,  and  were  detained  by  him  on  board  his  own  ship.    In 


CONTEMPORARY  ACCOUNTS  145 

the  engagement  with  the  Serapis,  Jackson,  one  of  the 
pilots,  who  was  repeatedly  desired  by  Jones,  but  would 
not  stay  below,  had  the  misfortune  to  lose  an  arm.  He 
has  returned  lately  from  Holland,  and  speaks  of  Paul 
Jones  in  the  warmest  terms  of  gratitude,  who  has  sent 
him  home  with  one  hundred  dollars  in  his  pocket,  and 
has  written  a  letter  to  our  Mayor  and  corporation,  assur- 
ing them  that  he  procured  the  pilots  only  for  his  own 
safety.  He  desires  that  they  would  certify  annually  that 
Jackson  is  alive,  on  the  receipt  of  which  certificate,  he 
has  procured  him  the  allowance  of  half  pilotage  (half 
of  what  he  usually  earned  by  his  profession)  for  the 
remainder  of  his  life.    You  may  depend  upon  this  fact." 

"London  Evening  Post,"  Monday,  January  10,  1780. 

We  have  received  advice  here  that  a  tender  from  Eng- 
land, of  200  ton  burthen,  is  arrived  in  the  Texel  to  take 
on  board  the  English  seamen  and  officers  late  belonging 
to  the  Serapis  and  Scarborough.  Before  the  action  with 
Paul  Jones  they  had  near  500  men,  but  by  the  killed 
and  wounded  (many  of  the  latter  of  which  have  died), 
desertion,  &c.,  not  more  than  200  will  embark. 

>ic  ^  ijc  =iJ 

[Extract  of  a  letter  from  Deal,  Jan.  7.] 

"This  day  arrived  here  from  a  cruize  after  Paul  Jones, 
of  whom  he  had  not  been  able  to  see  or  hear  anything. 
Commodore  Reynolds,  in  the  Jupiter  of  50  guns,  with 
the  Stag  of  32,  and  the  Amazon  of  24,  two  sloops  and  a 
cutter." 

"London  Evening  Post,"  Tuesday,  January  11,  1780. 

A  letter  from  Weymouth,  dated  Jan.  8th,  has  the  fol- 
lowing paragraph :    "Lord  Digby  has  a  letter,  by  express 


146  PAUL  JONES 

from  his  brother  the  Admiral,  which  says,  the  famou: 
Paul  Jones  is  taken.  On  this  occasion  there  were  rejoic- 
ings at  Sherborne,  near  which  is  his  Lordship's  seat." 

"The  General  Advertiser  and  Morning  Intelligencer," 
Wednesday,  January  12,  1780. 

[Extract  of  a  letter  from  Portsmouth,  Jan.  10.] 

"Captain  Paul  Jones  left  the  Texel  the  27th  of  Decem- 
ber, in  the  morning,  in  the  Alliance,  American  frigate, 
and  a  small  Boston  Privateer  of  10  guns.  The  Alliance 
mounts  40  guns  on  one  deck  and  is  reckoned  a  remark- 
able fine  vessel,  and  swift  sailer.  Jones  said,  on  his  de- 
parture he  was  an  over  match  for  any  frigate  in  the 
British  Navy,  and  that  his  ship  sailed  faster  than  any 
line  of  battleship.  The  Alliance  is  exceedingly  well 
planned,  having  320  seamen  on  board;  but  Jones  wants 
officers,  and  therefore  prevailed  on  the  celebrated  Cap- 
tain Conyngham  to  go  his  second  in  command  as  far  as 
Brest." 

"The  General  Advertiser  and  Morning  Intelligencer," 
Thursday,  January  20,  1780. 

[Extract  of  a  letter  from  the  surgeon  of  the  Jane  armed  ship  of 
20  pounders  and  125  men,  dated  Little  Nore,  Dec.  24.] 

"I  wrote  you  some  time  ago  of  our  design  of  cruising 
in  quest  of  Paul  Jones  off  the  Texel.  We  parted  com- 
pany with  the  fleet  in  a  gale  of  wind  on  the  8th  and  on 
the  tenth  fell  in  with  two  French  ships,  one  of  them  a 
frigate  of  24  six  and  nine  pounders,  and  80  men..  We 
had  a  very  warm  engagement  with  them  for  four  hours, 
when  they  were  glad  to  sheer  off,  leaving  us  so  shattered 
in  our  masts  and  rigging,  as  to  disable  us  either  from 
chasing  them,  or  continuing  our  cruize,  so  were  forced  to 


CONTEMPORARY  ACCOUNTS  147 

put  in  here  to  refit.  We  had  only  three  men  sHghtly 
wounded,  which  was  surprising  in  an  engagement  of  such 
a  length  and  against  so  great  superiority  of  strength." 

It  is  confidently  reported  that  Paul  Jones  is  cruizing 
with  his  squadron  about  the  Lands'  End.  Tuesday  or- 
ders were  sent  from  the  Admiralty  to  Plymouth  for  sev- 
eral frigates  to  put  to  sea  immediately.  It  is  said  they 
are  going  in  quest  of  the  above  adventurer. 

*'The  General  Advertiser  and  Morning  Intelligencer," 
Monday,  January  24,  1780. 

[Extract  of  a  letter  from  Paris,  Jan.  ii.] 
"The  flotilla,  late  under  the  command  of  Paul  Jones, 
which  sailed  from  the  Texel  at  the  same  time  as  the 
Dutch  convoy,  has  put  into  Dunkirk.  As  to  Paul  Jones, 
who  commands  the  Alliance,  he  has  continued  his  course, 
and  it  is  thought  will  put  into  I'Grient." 

"The  General  Advertiser  and  Morning  Intelligencer," 
Thursday,  January  27,  1780. 

[Extract  of  a  letter  from  Dover,  January  24.] 
"Yesterday  landed  here,  out  of  an  open  boat  from  Dun- 
kirk, one  White  and  another  sailor,  who  report  that  they 
belonged  to  a  vessel  laden  with  corn,  bound  to  the  port 
of  London,  but  were  taken  a  few  days  ago,  by  Paul  Jones, 
and  sent  into  Dunkirk.  They  further  say,  that  they-  con- 
cealed themselves  under  deck,  and  in  the  night  cut  a  boat 
from  the  moorings,  and  put  to  sea  without  any  provisions, 
except  a  biscuit  or  two  they  had  in  their  pocket.  They 
say  that  at  the  same  time  that  Jones  took  them  he  took 
two  colliers,  all  off  Portland,  and  sent  them  also  for  Dun- 
kirk. The  poor  fellows  had  no  money,  but  the  boat  was 
valued  and  sold,  by  which  they  got  more  than  sufficient  to 
carry  them  home  to  their  families." 


LAST  RUMORS 


LAST  RUMORS 

"London  Evening  Post,"  Saturday,  April  22,  1780. 

The  Americans  are  preparing  an  expedition  against  the 
English  island  of  Santa  Croix,  in  the  West  Indies.  It  is 
to  go  from  France,  and  to  consist  of  two  ships,  of  the 
line,  and  800  men.  This  measure  is  taken  in  consequence 
of  the  Court  of  Denmark's  having  given  up  the  Betsey, 
Capt.  Fisher,  and  another  vessel,  which  were  taken  in  the 
North  Seas  last  year  by  Paul  Jones,  and  carried  into 
Bergen ;  which,  the  Americans  say,  was  treating  them  like 
rebels. 

"The  General  Advertiser  and  Morning  Intelligencer," 
Wednesday,  May  10,  1780. 

[Extract  of  a  letter  from  Paris,  April  30.] 

"The  famous  Captain  Paul  Jones  actually  lodges  in 
this  city  with  Mr.  Adams,  at  the  Hotel  Valois,  Rue  Riche- 
lieu. Last  Tuesday  he  went  to  the  opera,  where  he  re- 
ceived the  applause  of  the  audience  who  testified  their  joy 
to  see  that  intrepid  mariner." 

"The  General  Advertiser  and  Morning  Intelligencer," 
Wednesday,  June  28,  1780. 

[Extract  of  a  letter  from  Plymouth-Dock,  June  22,.] 

"We  received  intelligence  this  day  by  express  from 
Bristol,  that  the  noted  Paul  Jones  has  once  more  made  his 
appearance  in  Bristol  Channel,  where  it  is  apprehended 
he  will  do  much  mischief;  his  force  consists  of  a  50  gun 

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152  PAUL  JONES 

ship  and  two  frigates ;  and  as  there  are  no  ships  of 
strength  on  that  station  at  present  to  check  his  career,  it 
is  not  to  be  doubted  but  what  his  success  will  be  much  too 
favourable." 

"The  Gazetteer  and  New  Daily  Advertiser,"  Thurs- 
day, July  6,  1780. 

Siigo,  June  23. 
For  some  days  past,  six  large  ships,  supposed  to 
be  Paul  Jones's  squadron,  have  been  cruising  in  our 
Bay,  and  off  the  Isle  of  Arran ;  they  landed  in  boats 
in  two  or  three  different  places,  and  took  off  a  num- 
ber of  sheep,  black  cattle,  and  fowl,  particularly  at 
the  Rosses ;  and  also  plundered  a  rush  wherry  with  fish. 
— To  these  very  alarming  circumstances,  we  are  sorry  to 
add,  that  on  Sunday  the  i8th  instant,  about  six  o'clock  in 
the  evening,  one  of  the  above  ships,  mounting  36  guns, 
with  English  colours,  came  up  with,  and  took  the  Szvallozv 
of  this  port,  Capt.  Martin,  after  a  chase  of  twelve  hours ; 
she  sailed  from  hence  only  the  evening  before,  and  was 
bound  to  Greenock  with  a  very  valuable  cargo  of  provi- 
sions.— The  above  disagreeable  intelligence  is  attested  by 
the  mate,  and  one  of  the  hands,  who  got  on  shore  in  the 
Swallow's  boat  just  before  she  was  boarded,  and  who  ar- 
rived here  on  Wednesday  evening  last. 

"London  Evening  Post,"  Saturday,  August  5,  1780. 

The  Honourable  Commissioners  of  his  Majesty's  Cus- 
toms have  this  day  received  an  account,  containing  a  cor- 
roboration of  the  above.  It  is  further  added,  that  Paul 
Jones's  squadron  appeared  off  Kirkwall  on  the  20th,  con- 
sisting of  four  frigates  and  that  one  of  them  stood  so 
close  in  shore  that  they  could  perceive  her  to  be  of  con- 
siderable force,  and  full  of  men. 


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The  ship  which  Jones  had  hoisted  his  broad  pundant  on 
board  was  the  largest  of  the  fleet,  and  named  the  Vigilant. 
A  capital  house  at  I'Qrient  is  said  to  be  principally  con- 
cerned in  the  adventure. 

An  account  arrived  this  day  at  the  Custom  house  from 
Aberdeen,  that  the  French  privateer,  which  has  for  some 
time  molested  that  coast,  still  maintains  her  station.  She 
has  taken  three  more  vessels,  and  run  two  on  shore. 

The  appearance  of  Paul  Jones  on  the  coast,  will,  it  is 
hoped  accelerate  the  subscription  for  erecting  the  battery 
at  Leith ;  respecting  which  the  publick  have  already  taken 
a  sufficient  time  to  deliberate.  The  sooner  it  is  begun 
the  better,  for  publick  buildings  are  never  too  hastily 
finished. 

"London  Evening  Post,"  Thursday,  August  10,  1780. 

A  letter  from  an  Officer  on  board  the  Biensaisant,  to  a 
Gentleman  in  Edinburgh,  dated  July  22,  says,  "Yesterday 
morning  we  discovered  a  large  ship,  and  stood  towards 
her  under  French  colours.  As  soon  as  we  came  along 
side  she  struck,  and  proved  to  be  the  Margarette,  from 
St.  Domingo,  with  coffee,  sugar,  cotton,  and  indigo,  val- 
ued at  16,000  1.  She  had  been  taken  by  the  Valiant  man- 
of-war,  and  retaken  by  the  Count  d'Artois,  of  64  guns, 
which  lately  took  several  rich  Glasgow  ships  on  the  Irish 
Coast.  The  prisoners  say,  that  Paul  Jones  is  gone  to 
America,  to  desire  the  Congress  to  demand  satisfaction 
from  the  Court  of  France,  for  their  ill  usage  in  not  giving 
him  the  command  of  the  Serapis,  which  he  took  last  year. 
We  met  with  the  Panther  man-of-war  this  day,  from 
Gibraltar;  they  bring  accounts,  that  the  garrison  are  in 
high  spirits,  and  fear  not  the  attempts  of  the  Spaniards." 


154  PAUL  JONES 

"London  Evening  Post,"  Wednesday,  August  23,  1780. 

Yesterday  a  hooker  was  sent  to  look  for  one  of  the 
prizes  taken  by  the  Snapper  privateer  of  Liverpool  and  is 
returned  here,  having  found  the  said  vessel  in  the  harbour 
of  Crookhaven ;  her  cargo  consists  of  masts,  yards,  rosin, 
turpentine,  and  naval  stores  for  three  frigates.  The  mas- 
ter of  the  hooker  reports  that  Paul  Jones  is  lying  at  the 
Cape  with  a  64  gun  ship  and  a  small  vessel  of  14  guns, 
but  we  hope  the  convoy  to  the  fleet  will  be  strong  enough 
for  him. 


AN  ANECDOTE 


AN  ANECDOTE 

"The  General  Advertiser  and  Morning  Intelligencer," 
Thursday,  September  7,  1780. 

Anecdote  of  Paul  Jones— A  correspondent  has  favored 
us  with  the  following  information  concerning  the  famous 
partisan,  Paul  Jones,  which  we  present  to  our  readers,  as 
it  is  so  very  different  from  the  general  character  given 
of  him,  and  may  be  depended  upon  as  genuine. 

In  the  first  place,  most  people  honour  Scotland  with 
his  birth,  but  our  correspondent  asks,  if  ever  they  heard 
of  that  name  in  Scotland?  The  answer  will  be  no;  for 
as  poor  as  some  parts  of  Wales  are,  I  believe  a  Welsh- 
man would  have  more  pride  than  to  leave  Wales  to  settle 
in  Scotland  but  he  accounts  for  it  thus ;  a  gentleman  in 
Cumberland  had  an  amour  with  a  young  woman  in  that 
county,  the  consequence  of  which  was  the  birth  of  Paul, 
to  whom  they  gave  the  surname  of  Jones ;  and  in  order 
that  the  affair  might  be  kept  a  profound  secret,  he  was 
sent  to  nurse  across  the  water  into  Scotland  with  the  wife 
of  Lord  Selkirk's  gardiner,  where  he  continued  until  he 
was  eleven  or  twelve  years  old,  when  he  was  put  appren- 
tice, to  a  Captain  of  a  ship ;  and  turning  out  an  excellent 
sailor,  after  his  apprenticeship  ended,  he  was  promoted. 
Some  years  afterwards  he,  by  accident,  was  so  unfortu- 
nate as  to  kill  the  carpenter  of  the  ship  to  which  he  be- 
longed, for  which  he  was  tried  and  honourably  acquitted. 
After  this  he  went  and  took  part  with  the  Colonies  at  the 
commencement  of  the  trouble,  and  in  time  to  America, 
where  he  gained  the  esteem  of  many,  obtained  commis- 

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158  PAUL  JONES 

sions  from  Congress  and  Dr.  Franklin.  His  various 
enterprizes  and  successes  are  well  known,  but  his  con- 
duct respecting  the  robbery  committed  by  his  crew  at 
Lord  Selkirk's,  remains  yet  to  be  cleared  up,  notwith- 
standing he  purchased,  at  public  vendue — (auction)  in 
France,  all  the  Earl's  plate,  and  sent  his  Lordship  a  letter 
of  excuse,  and  an  apology  for  his  conduct,  acquainting 
his  Lordship,  that  he  had  brought  all  the  plate,  and  that 
it  lay  at  his  Lordship's  disposal  at  a  banker's  in  Paris, 
where  it  remains  to  this  time. 

A  gentleman  who  happened  to  be  at  Nantz  when  Paul 
Jones  was  there,  about  three  years  ago,  had  the  curiosity 
to  go  on  board  Mr.  Jones's  ship,  in  order  to  see  this  fa- 
mous adventurer;  of  this  visit  he  gives  the  following  ac- 
count. That  when  he  came  on  board  the  ship,  he  found 
the  vessel  as  clean  and  sweet  as  any  British  man-of-war, 
his  men  in  the  greatest  order,  and  that  he  carried  his  com- 
mand without  an  oath,  and  he  appeared  to  be  very  well 
bred,  and  a  man  of  few  words.  During  his  stay  in  Hol- 
land he  supported  the  same  character;  since  which,  a 
friend  of  our  correspondent's  has  given  us  the  following 
from  an  English  lady  now  at  Versailles — Extract  of  her 
letter,  dated  Versailles,  7th  June,  1780.  "The  famous 
Paul  Jones  dines  and  sups  here  often,  a  smart  man  of  six 
and  thirty,  speaks  but  little  French,  appears  to  be  an  ex- 
traordinary genius,  a  poet  as  well  as  hero;  a  few  days 
ago  he  wrote  some  verses  extempore,  of  which  I  send  you 
a  copy.  He  is  greatly  admired  here,  especially  by  the 
ladies,  who  are  all  wild  for  love  of  him,  as  he  for  them, 

but  he  adores  Lady  ,  who  has  honoured  him  with 

every  mark  of  politeness  and  distinction." 

"Addressed  to  the  Ladies  who  have  done  me  the  hon- 
our of  their  polite  attention — Presented  by  him  to  Mad- 
emoiselle G 


CONTEMPORARY  ACCOUNTS  159 

Insulted  Freedom  bled ;  I  felt  her  cause, 
And  drew  my  sword  to  vindicate  her  laws 
From  principle,  and  not  for  vain  applause. 
Fve  done  my  best ;  self-interest  far  apart, 
And  self-reproach  a  stranger  to  my  heart ; 
My  zeal  still  prompts,  ambitious  to  pursue, 
The  foes,  ye  fair !  of  Liberty  and  you. 
Grateful  for  praise,  spontaneous,  and  unbought, 
A  generous  people's  love,  not  meanly  fought ! 
To  merit  this,  and  bend  the  knee  to  beauty, 
Shall  be  my  earliest  and  latest  duty." 

Extract  of  another  letter  from  the  same  to  the  same, 
dated  24th  July,  1780.  "Since  my  last,  Paul  Jones  drank 
tea  and  supped  here — If  I  am  in  love  with  him,  for  love  I 
may  die ;  I  have  as  many  rivals  as  there  are  Ladies,  but 

the  most  formidable  is  still  Lady ,  who  possesses  all 

his  heart.  This  Lady  is  of  high  rank  and  virtue ;  very 
sensible,  good-natured,  and  affable;  besides  this,  she  is 
possessed  of  youth,  beauty,  and  wit,  and  every  other 
female  accomplishment.  He  is  gone,  I  suppose,  for 
America ;  they  correspond,  and  his  letters  are  replete  with 
elegance,  sentiment  and  delicacy.  She  drew  his  picture 
(a  striking  likeness)  and  wrote  some  lines  under  it,  which 
are  much  admired,  and  presented  it  to  him,  who  since  he 
received  it,  is,  he  says,  like  a  second  Narcissus,  in  love 
with  his  own  resemblance.  To  be  sure  he  is  the  most 
agreeable  sea  wolf  one  would  wish  to  meet  with.  As  to 
his  verses,  you  may  do  with  them  as  you  please.  The 
King  has  given  him  a  magnificent  sword,  which,  lest  it 
should  fall  into  the  hands  of  the  enemy,  he  has  begged 
to  commit  to  the  care  of  her  Ladyship;  a  piece  of  gallan- 
try, which  is  here  highly  applauded.     If  any  further  ac- 


i6o  PAUL  JONES 

count  of  this  singular  genius  should  reach  my  hands,  you 
shall  have  it." 

*  N.  B.  Mademoiselle  G and  Lady  under- 
stand English. 

"The  Gazetteer  and  New  Daily  Advertiser,"  Friday, 
December  i,  1780. 

Paul  Jones  is  in  great  disgrace  in  France  for  refusing 
to  fight  Mr.  Sullivan,  his  Second  Lieutenant  (a  native  of 
Corke,  and  nephew  to  Gen.  Sullivan)  who  thought  proper 
to  present  his  behaviour  to  him.  Jones  endeavours  to 
console  himself  with  the  sum  of  80,000  1.  sterling,  which 
he  has  picked  up. 


FAREWELL  TO  ENGLISH  SEAS 


FAREWELL  TO  ENGLISH  SEAS 

"London  Evening  Post,"  Monday,  December  25,  1780. 

Paul  Jones's  ship  having  been  throughout  repaired,  and 
the  convoy  being  ready  to  sail,  consisting  of  ten  sail  of 
vessels  bound  to  America,  laden  with  silk,  linen,  tea  in 
great  quantities,  cloth  of  all  sorts,  superfine  and  coarse 
blankets,  wine,  and  numberless  other  articles  too  long  to 
mention,  two  of  them  had  military  stores  on  board ;  and 
Jones's  ship  is  entirely  laden  with  them ;  they  sailed  from 
hence  on  the  29th  ult.  two  French  frigates  attended  them ; 
one  was  going  to  Martinico  with  dispatches,  and  the  other 
to  Cape  Francois  for  the  same  purpose ;  they  were  to  con- 
voy the  above  fleet,  which  was  to  go  by  the  Southern  pas- 
sage as  the  safest ;  the  frigate  bound  to  Martinico  was  to 
leave  the  fleet  when  she  arrived  at  her  proper  latitude  for 
that  island ;  the  other  frigate  was  to  accompany  the  con- 
voy, as  far  as  her  way  lay  for  Cape  Francois. 

"The  Gazetteer  and  New  Daily  Advertiser,"  Friday, 
October  25,  1782. 

[Extract  of  a  letter  from  Edinburgh,  Oct.  12.] 

Paul  Jones's  squadron,  which  surprised  and  took  the 
forts  and  settlements  in  Hudson's  Bay,  consisted  of  three 
frigates,  and  three  or  four  privateers.  They  got  a  con- 
siderable booty  at  Fort  Charles  and  Fort  Rupert  factories, 
destroyed  all  the  forts  and  vessels  on  the  Bay,  particu- 
larly Forts  Nelson  and  Churchill,  and  took  away  with 
them  two  very  valuable  loaded  vessels  belonging  to  the 

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Company,  which  were  sent  for  Boston,  prior  to  Paul 
Jones's  bearing  away  for  the  North  Seas,  where  it  seems 
he  is  to  finish  his  cruise.  It  is  supposed  his  booty,  exclu- 
sive of  the  damage  he  has  done  tlie  forts  and  factories, 
cannot  amount  to  less  than  100,000  L. 

[Nothing  of  the  sort  ever  occurred. — Ed.] 

"The  Gazetteer  and  New  Daily  Advertiser,"  Wednes- 
day, December  10,  1783. 

On  Friday  evening,  about  nine  o'clock,  the  celebrated 
Paul  Jones  arrived  to  town  from  Paris,  with  dispatches 
from  the  American  Congress  for  his  passage  from  Phila- 
delphia to  France ;  and  after  delivering  his  dispatches  on 
Friday  evening,  he  set  out  the  next  morning  at  three 
o'clock  for  Paris,  to  proceed  from  thence  to  America. 


BIBLIOGRAPHY 


BIBLIOGRAPHY 

Cumberland  Packet,  April  28    1778.  wViitehaven  and 

Account  of  the  "Ranger's"  descent  on  Whitehaven  ana 

taking  of  the  "Drake." 
Paul  Jones.     Gentlemen's  Magazine,  London,   1778. 

•»»         •         v^^1     v1     7778-    Vol.    xli,    Novembcr,    I779- 
'"'^  A^^Sr/'cf  *e  -Range'-'  and  "Bon  Homme  Richard" 

expeditions  in  Scottish  waters. 
Memoirs  of  the  Celebrated  Paul  Jones.     London  Chronicle. 

Sept.  21,  23,   1779- 

T«T,n    Paul    Tones       Postcript    to    the    Pennsylvania    Packet, 

John    Paul    Jones  y  Broadside.     Gives   ac- 

Thursday,    Uec.    10.    i7/9-     ^  ^"^-  ,  rr^at  Rritain 

count  of  depredations  of  Jones  ^on  coast  of  Great  Britam 

and  the  capture  of  the  "Serapis.' 

journals  o(  Congres.  fro.  Monday    Fb,j.ry,s.,^ 

^"■d*  d'c"c'a;?oorPHn.ef  .0   the.  Honorable,   the 

Congress  of  the  United  States  of  America. 

This  is  the  general  title  of  the  series  running  in 
pamphfet  Lrm  as^foUows:  March  xst  to  Maf  ^o;  March 
^ist  to  April  loth;  April  12th  to  Aprd  17th.  April  igtn 
to  April  24th;  April  24th  to  May  3rd,  etc 

These  Journals  for  several  years  on  to  1781  contain 
muJh  Paul  Jones  matter.  The  later  volumes  were  issued 
by  John  Patterson,  of  New  York. 

Missive   van   Z.    Hoogheid   omtrent    de    2   Engelsche    Prys- 
scheepen,  onder  P.  Jones,  Texel  binnengekomen,  22  Dec, 

'^^Folio  dispatch  concerning  the  "Serapis"  and  her  cap- 
tors. 

Jones,  22  Dec.   1779-     Folio,  sheet. 
167 


i68  PAUL  JONES 

Nieuw  lied,  Een,  op  de  groote  held  Paul  Jones:  "Hier  komt 

Paul  Jones  aan,  het  is  soon  aardig  ventje."  Folio,  4 
pages.  N.P.     N.D.  (1779). 

Popular  ballad   composed   to    celebrate   the   arrival    of 
Paul  Jones  in  the  Texel. 

Resolutie    op    de    Memorie    van    d.    Groot-Britain    Ambass 

raakende  het  geval  van  twee  schepen  door  P.  Jones 
genomen,  leggende  op  de  Rheede  Van  Texel.  21  Oct. 
1779.     Folio,  ID  pp. 

Resolutie.  ...  17  Nov.  1779.     Folio,  4  pp. 

Account  of  the  Action  with  Paul  Jones.  Gentlemen's  Maga- 
zine,  Vol.  49,   page  494.     London,    1779. 

The    Annual    Register:     A    View    of    History,    Politics    and 

Literature.     8vo.     London:    1758  and  continuing  to  date. 
Paul  Jones.     Volumes   for   1 779-1 780-1 781   to    1792. 

Captain  Paul  Jones's  Victory.  Ballad.  Folio.  Broadside. 
N.P.  N.D.     (1779). 

Paul  Jones's  Victory :  and  the  Wat' ry  God.  Folio.  Broadside. 
N.P.   N.D.       (1779.) 

Het  Politiek  systema  van  de  regeering  van  Amsterdam,  in 

een  waar  daglicht  voorgesteld  en  haar  gedrag  tegens  de 
beschuldiging  van  den  Ridder  Yorke,  bescheidenlyk  ver- 
deedigd  in  een  brief  aan  een  Heer  van  Regeering  in 
Zeeland.  Cassandrae  si  non  creditur  ruet.  Ilium.  Bvo, 
50  pp.  te  Middelburg,  by  C.  Bohemer.  te  Amsterdam,  by 
J.  Doll,  en  te  Rotterdam,  by  D.  Vis.  N.D.  (1780). 
Paul  Jones,  page  41. 

Echt  verslag  der  voornaamste  levensbyzonderheden  van  John 
Paul  Jones,  Zee-Kapitein  in  dienst  der  Vereenigde  Staaten 
van  Noord-America,  behelzende  deszelfs  menigvuldige 
Krygsbedrijven,  en  verbaazende  Lotgevallen  in  Engeland, 
Schotland,  lerland,  Frankryk,  America  en  de  West- 
indische  Eilanden,  enz.  Waarby  gevoegd  is,  Een  Verhaal 
van  het  onlangs  voorgevallen  gevecht  tusschen  de  En- 
gelsche  schepen  "The  Serapis,"  kapitein  Pearson  en 
"The  Countes  of  Scarborough,"  kapitein  Piercy,  en  een 
gedeelte   van   het   Esquader  van   den   commandant  Jones, 


BIBLIOGRAPHY  169 

gelyk  hetzelve  is  opgegeven  door  den  Heer  Theophilus 
Smart,  die  ontkomen  is  van  het  Schip  van  Kapitein 
Jones,  eenige  minuuten  voor  dat  hetzelve  zonk.  Uit  het 
Engelsch  vertaald.  8vo,  51  pp.  Te  Amsterdam;  Dirk 
Schuurman.  Boekverkooper,  op  het  Rokkin,  het  3  de 
Huis   van    de   Vispoort,    1780. 

Engraved   portrait   of   Paul  Jones   facing  title   page. 

It  is  stated  in  Phibbin's  Collection  of  material  formed 
by  him  with  the  intention  of  writing  a  new  life  of  Jones, 
which  was  deposited  in  the  British  Museum  Library  in 
1848 — that  Theophile  Smart  feigned  to  be  an  Irish  de- 
serter from  the  "Bon  Homme  Richard,"  who  swam  ashore 
with  his  MS.  between  his  teeth,  and  that  the  portrait  of 
Jones  had  been  originally  used  as  a  portrait  of  General 
Pascal  Paoli,  and  was  afterwards  affixed  to  a  publication 
for  Pugawscheff,  or  Puogatochow,  who  pretended  to  be 
Peter  III,  and  was  executed  at  Moscow,  January  10,  1775. 
Phibbin  quotes  in  support  of  this  statement  Mercure  Fran- 
Qais  Politique,  Historique,  et  Litteraire,  November,  1779, 
where  Smart's  book  is  termed  a  "catch  penny  publica- 
tion." 

Captain  Pearson  Knighted.  Gentlemen's  Magazine,  page 
502.     London,   1780. 

Captain  Pearson  Court-Martial.  Official  Chronicle,  London, 
1780. 

Paul  Jones:  or  the  Fife  Coast  Garland,  A  Heroi-Comical 
Poem.  In  four  parts.  In  which  is  contained  The  Oyster 
Wives  of  New  Haven's  Letter  to  Lord  Sandwich.  O 
qualis  hurly  burly  fuit!  Pol.  Mid.  Quarto,  zi  PP-  Edin- 
burgh:  Printed   in  the  Year  M,DCC,LXXX. 

This  is  a  satire  in  high-sounding  verse  making  fun  of 
the  panic  that  prevailed  at  the  arrival  of  Commodore 
Jones'  squadron  ofif  the  Scottish  Coast. 

De  Opper-Admiraal  van  Holland.     Waar  in  te  vinden  zyn 

veel  fraaije  Oorlogs  en  andere  Liederen,  alle  op  de  tegens- 
woordige  tijds  omstandigheid  toepasselyk.  De  Vyfde 
Druk.  Met  een  vignet.  i2mo,  92-Iv  pp.  t'Amsteldam. 
By  B.  Koene,  Boekdrukker  op  de  Lindegragt.  N.D. 
(1780). 

Song  book,  containing  verses  celebrating  Paul  Jones. 


I70  PAUL  JONES 

Elegaic  Epistles  on  Love  and  War.     Large  8vo.     London, 
March,    1780. 

"Genuine   description   of  the   tragical   engagement   be- 
tween 'Serapis'  and  'Bon   Homme   Richard.' " 

A   new   song   of   Paul  Jones,  the    Cumberland   Militia,   and 

Scarborough  Volunteers.  Newcastle  upon  Tyne.  1780. 
(A  slip  folio.) 

Paul  Jones.     A  new  song.     London.     1780.     (A  slip  8vo.) 

"Paul  Jones."     Broadside,   Published  by  J.   Forth,   of  Peck- 
lington.     N.D.     (Ca.     1780). 

The  Field  of  Mars. — Being  an  Alphabetical  Digestion  of  the 

principal  Naval  and  Military  Engagements  in  Europe, 
Asia,  Africa  and  America,  particularly  of  Gfeat  Britain 
and  her  Allies  from  the  Ninth  Century  to  the  present 
period.  Consisting  of  Attacks,  Battles,  Decents,  Expedi- 
tions, Sea  Fights,  Attempts,  Blockades,  Defeats,  Inva- 
sions, Storms,  Actions,  Bombardments,  Engagements, 
Reductions,  Sieges,  Surprises  and  Skirmishes.  Selected 
from  the  best  Historians  and  Journalists  and  adjusted 
from  the  Greatest  Authority.  Interspersed  with  concise 
Descriptions  of  the  Towns  and  Places,  the  subject  of 
each  article,  to  which  is  prefixed  an  Essay  on  the  Act  of 
War  and  a  comprehensive  system  of  Military  and  Naval 
Discipline.  Embellished  with  Maps,  Charts,  Plans  and 
Views  of  Battles.  2  vols,  p.n.n.  London:  Printed  for 
J.  Macgowan,  No.  27  Paternoster  Row.     M,DCC,LXXXI. 

On    Board    the    "Serapis."     John    Benton    Wright,    London 
Magazine.     1781. 

Substance  of  the  Principal  Articles  in  the  Contra-Manifesto 

of  the   States-General   of  the   United   Provinces,   done   at 
the   Hague,   in   answer  to  the   British   Manifesto,   March, 
1781.     Westminster  Magazine.     1781. 
Paul  Jones,  pp.  162,  163,  164. 

Politiek  Vertoog   over  bet  waar  sistema  van  de   stad  van 

Amsterdam,  met  relatie  tot  de  Algemeene  Belangens  der 
Republiek,  zo  als  Hetzelve  uit  's  Lands,  Historien  Kan 
Worden  Opgemeekt.     Benevens   Consideratien  Over  Den 


BIBLIOGRAPHY  171 

Tegen  Woordigen  Oorlog  en  Het  Voorgevallen  in 
de  Jaaren  1777-1780.  Mitsgaders,  Deductie  Over  de 
Geheime  Onderhandenlingen  Tusschen  Den  Hecr  Van 
Berckel,  en  de  Engelsche  Colonien  in  America,  en  het 
Tractaat  met  Dezelve  Geslooten  te  Aken  4  Sept.  1778. 
Uit  de  Papieren  van  een  Regent  van  Eene  Voor-naame 
Stad,  in  Eene  Der  Land-Provintien.  8vo,  346  pp. 
(Utrecht,  N.P.)  MDCCLXXXI. 
Paul  Jones,  pp.  115,  127,  148-155. 

De  geest  van  het   Politick   systema   van   de  regeering  van 

Amsterdam  of  Missive,  waarby  verslag  van  Memorie, 
rakende  de  Tegenwoorden  zekere  Staats-Zaken.  8vo. 
1781. 

Paul  Jones,  ou  Propheties  Sur  L'Amerique,  L'Angleterre,  La 
France,  L'Espagne,  La  Hollande,  &c.  Par  Paul-Jones, 
Corsaire,  Prophete  &  Sorcier  comme  il  n'en  fiit  jamais. 
Joint  Le  Reve  D'un  Suisse  Sur  La  Revolution  De 
L'Amerique,  dedie  a  Son  Excellence  Mgneur  L'Ambassa- 
deur  Franklin  &  a  leurs  Nobles  &  Hautes  Puissances 
Messeigneurs  Du  Congres.  8vo,  120  pp.  De  L'  Ere  De 
L'Independance  De  L'Amerique  L'An  V  (1781). 
Issued  in  Basle.     Of  excessive  rarity. 

Propheties    sur    La    Hollande,    Esquisse    de    L'ouvrage    du 

Prophete  Americain  Paul  Jones,  Public  I'an  cinq  de  la 
republique.  8vo,  8  pp.  Bruxelles,  Chez  Les  Elibraires. 
N.D.     (1797.) 

Ariel-Trumpet  encounter.     Naval   Chronicle.     London,   1781. 

Poem:  "On  the  Memorable  Victory,  obtained  by  the  Gallant 

Captain  John  Paul  Jones  of  Le  Bon  Homme  Richard, 
(or  Father  Richard)  over  the  British  Ship  of  War  Serapis, 
of  44  Guns,  under  the  command  of  Captain  Pearson." 
Mr.  Francis  Bailey's  Freeman's  Journal,  Philadelphia, 
August,  1781.     Written  by  Philip  Freneau. 

The  Poems  of  Philip  Freneau.  Written  chiefly  during  the 
late  war.  Sm.  8vo.  vii-407  pp.  Philadelphia:  Printed 
by  Francis  Bailey,  At  Yorick's  Head,  In  Market  Street. 
M  DCC  LXXXVI. 

On  Paul  Jones's   Engagement  with  the  "Serapis,"  &c, 

p.  207.     Captain  Jones's  Invitation,  p.  169. 


172  PAUL  JONES 

The  Miscellaneous  Works  of  Mr.  Philip  Freneau,  Containing 

his  Essays  and  Additional  Poems.  i2mo,  xii-429  pp. 
Philadelphia:  Printed  by  Francis  Bailey,  at  Yorick's 
Head,  in  Market  Street.     M   DCC  LXXXVIII. 


Poems  Written  between  the  years  1768  and  1794.  By  Philip 
Freneau  of  New  Jersey.  A  new  edition,  revised  and  cor- 
rected by  the  Author,  including  a  considerable  number 
of  Pieces  never  before  published. 

Audax  inde  cohors  stellis  e  pluribus  unum 

Ardua  pyramidos  tollit  ad  astra  caput. 
8vo,  456  pp.     Monmouth,  N.  J.:     Printed  At  the  Press  of 
the  Author,  at  Mount   Pleasant,  near  Middletown   Point, 
MDCCXCV;  and  of  American  Independence,  XIX. 


Poems.  Written  and  published  during  the  American  Revolu- 
tionary War,  and  now  republished  from  the  original  manu- 
script; interspersed  with  translations  from  the  ancients 
and  other  pieces  not  heretofore  in  print.  By  Philip 
Freneau. 

Justly  to  record  the  deeds  of  fame, 

A  muse  from  heaven  should  touch  the  soul  with  flame; 
Some  powerful  spirit  in  superior  lays 
Should  tell  the  conflicts  of  the  stormy  days. 
The  third  Edition,  in  two  volumes.     Vol.  I,  280-10;  Vol. 
II,  302-x-ii  pp.     Philadelphia:    From  the  Press  of  Lydia 
R.  Bailey,   No.    10,   North-Alley.     1809. 

Jones'    victory,    pages    52-56.     Engraved    frontispiece, 
of  Vol.  I,  shows  the  taking  of  the  "Serapis." 


Collections  of  Poems  on  American  Affairs,  and  a  variety  of 

other  subjects  chiefly  moral  and  political;  Written  be- 
tween the  year  1797  and  the  present  time.  By  Philip 
Freneau.  Author  of  Poems  written  during  the  Revolu- 
tionary War,  Miscellanies,  &c.,  &c.    In  Two  Volumes. 

Then,  England,  come!  a  sense  of  wrong  requires, 

To  meet  with  thirteen  stars  your  thousand  fires. 

Through  these  stern  times  the  conflict  to  maintain; 

Or  drown  them,  with  your  commerce,  in  the  main. 
i6mo.  200-176  pp.     New  York:  Published  by  David  Long- 
worth   At   the   Dramatic    Repository   Shakspeare   Gallery. 
1815. 


BIBLIOGRAPHY  173 

Poems  on  Various  Subjects,  but  chiefly  Illustrative   of  the 

Events  and  Actors  in  the  American  War  of  Independence. 
By  Philip  Freneau.  Reprinted  from  the  rare  edition 
printed  at  Philadelphia  in  1786.  With  a  Preface.  i2mo, 
xxii-362  pp.  London:  John  Russell  Smith,  Soho  Square. 
1861. 

John  Paul  Jones,  pp.  149,  183. 

Poems  relating  to  the  American  Revolution.  By  Philip 
Freneau.  With  an  introductory  Memoir  and  notes  by 
Evert  A.  Duyckinck.  4to,  326  pp.  New  York:  W.  J. 
Middleton,  Publisher,  M   DCCC  LXV. 

Nieuwe  Reize  Door  Noord-Amerika,  in  den  Jaare  1781.   Door 

den  heere  Abt  Robin  uit  het  Fransch.  8vo,  283  pp.  Te 
Amsterdam   bij    Allart   en    Holtrop.      MDCCLXXXII. 

Cui  Bono?   ou   Examen.      Quels   avantages   les   Anglois   ou 

Les  Americains,  Les  Frangois.  Les  Espagnols  ou  Les 
Hollandois  retiront — ils  des  plus  grandes  victoires, 
ou  des  plus  grandes  succes  dans  la  Guerre  actuelle?  En 
forme  de  lettres  adressies  a  Monsieur  Necker  ci  devant 
controleur  general  des  finances  de  France,  Par  Josias 
Tucker,  Docteur  en  Thiologie  Doyen  de  Glocester.  Tra- 
duit  de  I'Anglois.  i2mo,  95  pp.  A  Londres  Et  Se  trouve 
chez    des    principaux    libraires    de    I'Europe.      M     DCC 

Lxxxn. 

Supplement  to  the  Boston  Chronicle.  Vol.  VII,  Number 
1905.     Monday,  March  13,  1782.     Folio.     Broadside. 

This  was  a  "fake"  sheet,  issued  by  Benjamin  Frank- 
lin, at  Passy,  containing  a  gruesome  account  of  a  con- 
sigment  of  American  scalps  "captured"  while  en  route 
to  Gov.  Haldimand  of  Canada,  by  Capt.  Gerrish,  of  the 
Massachusetts  Militia.  The  broadside  also  contains  a 
letter  signed  "Paul  Jones"  dated  from  Ipswich,  New 
England,  refuting  the  charge  that  he  is  a  "pirate,"  under 
date  of  March  7,  1781.  This,  like  the  other  matter  in  the 
sheet,  was  written  by  Dr.  Franklin.  It  was  first  published 
with  certain  credit  to  Franklin  in  Colburn's  edition  of  his 
works,  London,  1818. 

Paul  Jones'  appearance  in  the  Texel:  Pages  220-221, 
Vol.  13.  Portrait  on  copper  opposite  page  220,  drawn 
by  J.  Boys,  engraved  by  Rein  'T  Vinkiles  and  C.  Bogarts. 


174  PAUL  JONES 

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his  Majesty's  Reign:  In  which  will  be  found  Above 
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War  between  Great  Britain  and  America,  France,  Spain 
and  Holland;  From  May  lo,  1773,  to  July  16,  1783.  The 
Whole  carefully  collected  from  Authentic  Records,  and 
correctly  arranged  in  Chronological  Order.  Multum  in 
Parvo.  This  compendium,  or  Political  System  of  Foreign 
and  Domestic  Affairs,  is  a  faithful  Diary  of  Civil  and 
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Vaderlandsche  Jeugd.  Met  Platen  en  Pourtraiten.  i6mo, 
28  volumes  bound  in  14.  te  Amsterdam,  by  Johannes 
Allart.     1783-1794- 

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Merkwiirdigsten  neuen  Welt-Begebenherten  fiir  1784. 
24  mo.  182  pages.  Leipzig.  Zur  Messe.  Bey  Hande  und 
Spener  von   Bertin. 

The  New,  Comprehensive,  and  Complete  History  of  England. 

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Middle  of  the  Year,  MDCCLXXXIII.     Containing  a  full, 


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accurate,  comprehensive  and  impartial  Account  of  all  the 
most  remarkable  Transactions,  memorable  Events,  and 
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Scepter,  and  other  Illustrious  Personages,  who  have  ren- 
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Plots,  Massacres,  Assassinations,  Executions,  Storms, 
Tempests,  Shipwrecks,  Famines,  Dearths,  Plagues,  Mor- 
talities, Inundations,  Fires,  Hurricanes,  Earthquakes,  In- 
stitutions, Parliaments,  Laws,  Charters,  Coronations,  Dis- 
coveries, Colonies,  Inventions,  Arts,  Sciences,  Commerce, 
Literature,  Civil,  Ecclesiastical,  and  Military  Government, 
&c,  &c.  Comprehending  a  Genuine  Description  of  the 
Manners  and  Customs  of  the  Times,  and  the  State  of  the 
Nation  during  the  Space  of  near  Two  Thousand  Years. 
In  which  the  Noble  Structure  of  the  British  Constitu- 
tion is  traced  from  its  original  Foundation;  and  the 
Sources  of  all  the  great  Events  and  Changes  in  these 
Kingdoms  accounted  for  with  the  strictest  Impartiality, 
Interspersed  with  valuable  Reflections  and  Remarks,  elu- 
cidating obscure  Facts,  rectifying  former  Difficulties,  cor- 
recting the  Errors  of  other  Writers,  and  setting  contested 
Circumstances  in  the  clearest  Light,  by  the  most  genuine 
historical  Evidence.  The  whole  tending  to  display  the 
Patriotic  Virtues  of  our  Illustrious  Ancestors,  and  to 
Inspire  the  Present  Age  with  an  Emulation  of  imitating 
their  Glorious  Examples.  By  Edward  Barnard,  Esq.  As- 
sisted by  several  Gentlemen  of  approved  Abilities,  who 
have    for   many    Years    made    the    English    History    their 


176  PAUL  JONES 

chief  study,  particularly  Mr.  Millar,  author  of  The  New 
and  Universal  System  of  Geography;  An  Entire  Original 
and  Improved  Work,  Universally  approved  of,  in  every 
Respect,  by  all  who  have  seen  the  Beginning  Numbers 
already  published. 

Embellished  with  upwards  of  One  Hundred  Engrav- 
ings more  highly  and  curiously  finished  than  those  given 
in  any  other  Work  of  the  Kind  whatever.  The  Artists 
engaged  in  their  elegant  Execution  are  the  justly  cele- 
brated Messrs.  Pollard,  Taylor,  Rennoldson,  Thornton, 
Page,  Wooding,  Sherwin,  Royce,  Colder,  Morris,  Spar- 
row, Roberts,  Lodge,  Noble,  Tukey,  Grainger,  and  others, 
whose  Ingenuity  has  done  honour  to  the  English  Nation; 
and  who  have  executed  this  exquisite  Set  of  Copper- 
Plates  from  Original  Designs,  made  by  Mr.  Hamilton, 
Mr.  West,  Mr.  Dodd,  Samuel  Wale,  Esq.;  of  the  Royal 
Academy,  and  the  finest  Paintings  of  the  most  esteemed 
Masters,  such  as  Holbein,  Wegel,  Vandyke,  and  Sir  God- 
frey Kneller,  and  the  whole  enriched  with  Ornaments 
and  Decorations  by  the  ingenious  Mr.  Clowes  and  other 
Masters.  These  elegant  Embellishments  consist  of  strik- 
ing Representations  of  the  most  Public  and  Private 
Transactions  recorded  in  the  History  of  England,  to- 
gether with  Battles  by  Sea  and  Land,  and  whole  Length 
Figures  of  all  the  English  Monarchs  in  their  respective 
Dresses,  from  the  remotest  Period  to  the  present  Time, 
&c.  (which  have  never  been  given  complete  in  any  Work 
of  the  Kind  hitherto  published  or  now  publishing):  Also 
a  Complete  Collection  of  all  the  English  Coins,  and  the 
Great  Seals  of  England  from  Egbert  I.  sole  King  of  all 
England,  to  his  present  Majesty.  Folio,  iv-710  pp.  and 
three  pages  of  lists  of  subscribers.  London:  Printed  for 
the  Author:  and  Published  by  Alex.  Hogg,  at  No.  16, 
Pater-Noster    Row.      N.D.      (1784.) 

Fine  plate  showing  the  battle  with  the  "Serapis,"  fol- 
lowing page  692. 


A  Chronological  List  of  the  Captains  of  His  Majesty's  Royal 
Navy;  with  the  Dates  of  their  First  Commissions,  Pro- 
motions, and  other  Occurrences;  The  21st  June,  1673,  in 
the  Reign  of  King  Charles,  and  brought  down  to  the 
Year  1783.  By  Rear  Admiral  John  Hardy.  4to,  xii-ps 
pp.  London:  Printed  for  T.  Cadell,  in  the  Strand. 
M.DCC.LXXXIV. 


BIBLIOGRAPHY  177 

Gives    record    of    Captain    Richard    Pearson,    of    the 
"Serapis,"  page  79. 

AUgemeines    Historiches    Taschenbuch    oder    Aberiss     dcr 

Merkwurdigsten  ncuen  Welt-Begebenheiten  enthaltend 
fur  1784.  Die  Geschichte  der  Revolution  von  Nord- 
America,  von  M.  C.  Sprengel.  Professor  der  Geschichte 
auf  der  Universitat  Zur  Halle.  Mit  i8  Kufssen  und 
illumtes  Landcharts.  i6mo,  182  pages.  Berlin:  bei  Hande 
und  Goener.     N.D.     (1784.) 

Plates  by  Chadowiecki,  include  Paul  Jones  in  a  group 
of  portraits. 


M.  C.   Sprengel,  ordentlichen   Lehrers  Geschichte  in  Halle. 

Geschichte  der  Revolution  von  Nord  America.  Mit  einer 
illuminirten  accuraten  Charte  von  dieseni  neuen  Frey- 
staate.  i2mo,  (6)-272  pp.  Frankenthal,  zu  finden  bei 
Ludwig  Bernhard  Friederich  Segel,  turfalz  privie.  Buch- 
druckter.     1785. 

Memorial,  to  Justify  Peter  Landais  conduct  during  the  late 
war.  4to,  115  pp.  Boston:  Printed  by  Peter  Edes,  at 
his  Office,  at  the  American-Exchange,  State-Street. 
M,DCC,LXXXIV. 

The  second  Part  of  the  Memorial  to  Justify  Peter  Landais 

conduct  during  the  late  War.  4to,  52  pp.  New  York: 
Samuel   Louden.     N.D.      (1787.) 

Charges  and  Proofs  respecting  the  Conduct  of  Peter  Lan- 
dais. 4to,  18  pp.  New  York:  Francis  Childs.  N.D. 
(1787.) 

New  York  Argus.  Oct.  30,  1787.  Account  by  James  Milli- 
gan  of  a  meeting  between  Commodore  Jones  and  Peter 
Landais. 

Steel's  Naval   Remembrancer,  or,  the  gentleman's  maritime 

chronology  Of  the  various  Transactions  of  the  late  War, 
From  its  Commencement  to  the  important  period  of 
signing  the  Preliminary  Articles,  on  the  20th  of  January, 
1783.  Being  An  interesting  Collection  of  Intelligence, 
absolutely  necessary  for  making  an  accurate  Investiga- 
tion of  the   naval   Resources   and   efficient   Force   of   the 


178  PAUL  JONES 

late  belligerent  Powers.  Comprised  under  the  follow- 
ing heads:  i.  An  Accurate  Statement  of  the  marine 
Forces  of  England,  France,  Spain,  and  Holland,  on  the 
20th  of  January,  1783:  deducing  thence  a  comparative 
View  of  the  Navies  of  each  Power,  as  opposed  to  Great- 
Britain.  2.  The  Disposition  of  the  commissioned  Ships 
of  the  British  Navy,  January  20,  1783,  tabularly  shewing 
the  Admirals  and  Commodores  on  the  different  Stations, 
with  the  number  of  Ships  under  their  respective  Com- 
mands. 3.  A  list  of  the  Cabinet,  Jan.  20,  1783.  4.  Au- 
thentic Copies  of  the  Provisional  Articles  and  Definitive 
Treaty  with  America;  and  the  Preliminary  Articles  and 
Definitive  Treaties  with  France,  Spain  and  Holland;  in- 
cluding Copies  of  the  Full  Powers,  Separate  Articles, 
and  other  instruments,  signed  by  the  belligerent  and 
mediating  Powers,  or  their  Plenipotentiaries.  5.  The 
British  Ministry,  at  the  different  Periods  of  signing  the 
Preliminary  Articles  and  Definitive  Treaties,  &c.  6.  A 
List  of  British  Ships  of  War  lost,  taken,  or  destroyed, 
during  the  late  War,  by  whom  and  when  taken,  &c.  7. 
A  list  of  American,  French,  Spanish,  and  Dutch  Ships, 
taken  or  destroyed  during  the  late  War,  by  whom  and 
where  taken,  &c.  8.  A  list  of  Admirals,  Commodores, 
Post-Captains,  Masters  and  Commanders,  and  Lieuten- 
ants commanding  Cutters,  &c.  who  have  lost  their  Lives 
in  the  Service  of  Great-Britain  during  the  late  War,  with 
the  Dates  of  their  Commissions,  the  Ships  they  com- 
manded, and  the  Year  and  Manner  of  their  Death.  With 
many  other  subordinate  Lists,  Tables,  &c.  i6mo,  104-2 
pp.  London:  Printed  for  David  Steel,  No.  i  Union-Row, 
Little  Tower-Hill  and  to  be  had  of  the  Booksellers  in 
Town  and  Country.  M.DCC.LXXXV.  Price  Two  Shil- 
lings. 

Histoire  Des  Trounbles  Be  L'Amerique  Anglaise  Ecrite  Fur 

Les  Memoires  Les  Plus  Authentiques;  Dediee  A  Sa  Ma- 
jeste  Tres-Cretienne  Par  Francois  Soules.  Avec  Des 
Cartes.  Four  volumes.  8vo.  379;  365;  420;  272-(42)  pp. 
Tros  Tyriusque  mihi  nullo  discrimine  agitur,  Verg.  Aeneid. 
Lib.  I.  A  Paris,  Chez  Buisson,  Libraire,  Hotel  de  Mes- 
grigny;  Rue  Des  Poitevins,  No.  13,  1787. 

The  Courant.  New  York,  September,  1787.  Letter  from 
Paul  Jones  concerning  Capt.  Pearson's  sword,  dated  Sept. 
7- 


BIBLIOGRAPHY  I79 

Historic  de  la  derniere  guerre,  entre  la  Grande-Bretagne    et 

les  Etats  Unis  de  I'Ameriquc,  la  1- ranee.  1  Espagne  et  a 
Hollande.  Par  Odet  Julieti  Le  Boucher.  4to,  xxxiv-CD- 
358-(i)  pp.     Paris,  Brocas.     1787- 

History  of  all  the  Engagements  by  Sea  and  Land  that  hap- 
pened in  America  or  Europe,  and  the  East  and  West 
Indies,  during  the  American  Revolution,  betwixt  the  Eng- 
lish alone,  against  the  American  and  French  and  the 
Spanish  and  Dutch  Nations,  from  the  Battle  of  Lexmg- 
ton.  April  19.  1775,  to  the  Definitive  Treaty  of  Peace  m 
1783.     8vo.     (4)-436  pp.     Manchester:  T.  Harper.     I/87. 

A  Short  Account  of  the  Naval  Actions  of  the  Last  War- 
in  order  to  prove  that  the  French  Nation  never  gave  such 
Slender  Proofs  of  Maritime  Greatness  as  During  that 
Period;  with  Observations  on  the  Discipline  and  Hints 
for  the  Improvement  of  the  British  Navy.  By  An  Officer. 
8vo.  vii-148  pp.  London:  J.  Murray,  1788. 
Paul  Jones,  pages  21-22. 

Observations,  relative  chiefly  to  Picturesque  Beauty,  made  in 
the  year  1776,  On  several  Parts  of  Great  Britain,  Par  icu- 
tarly  the  High-Lands  of  Scotland.  Vol.  II.  By  William 
Gilpin  A.M.  Prebendary  of  Salisbury;  and  Vicar  of 
Boldre  in  New-Forest,  near  Lymington.  8vo  190*^^-0) 
pp.  London:  Printed  for  R.  Blamire,  Sfand.  M.DLL. 
LXXXIX. 

Paul  Jones,  pages   105-6  and   (i). 

W.  Tooke's  Life  of  Catherine  the  IL  Two  vols.  Svo.  Lon- 
don.    1788. 

Paul  Jones,  Vol.  2,  page  252, 

The  History  of  the  rise,  progress,  and  establishment,  of  the 

independence  of  the  United  States  of  America;  including 
an  account  of  the  late  war;  and  of  the  thirteen  colonies, 
from  their  origin  to  that  period.  By  WiUiam  Gordon. 
D  D  Quid  verum  .  .  .  euro,  et  rogo,  et  omnis  in  hoc  sum. 
Horat  I  Ep.  i.  Lib.  In  four  volumes.  Svo.  504;  5^4; 
409;  445  pp.  and  index.  London:  Printed  for  the  author; 
and  sold  by  Charles  Dilly,  in  the  Poultry;  and  James 
Buckland.  in  Pater-Noster-row.  M  DCC  LXXXVlli. 
•     (Entered  at  Stationers-hall.)  ,.     ,  o 

Reissue,  Three  volumes,  8vo,  New  York.     I7»9- 


i8o  PAUL  JONES 

Vaderlandsche  Historic,  vervattende  de  Geschiedenissen  der 

Vereenigde  Nederlanden,  Uit  de  geloofwaardigste  Schry- 
vers  en  egte  Gedenk  stukken  zamengesteld.  Met  Plaaten 
Zes  en  twintigste  Deel  Behelzende  de  Jaaren  1779  en 
1780,  bevattende  het  vervolg  der  Noordamerecaansche 
onlusten  Ten  onmiddelyken  vervolge  van  Wagenaar's 
Vaderlandsche  Historie.  8vo,  501  pp.  and  12  of  index. 
Te  Amsterdam,  by  Johannes  Allart.  MDCCXC. 
Paul  Jones,  pages  148-166. 

Traite  sur  I'etat  actual  de  la  Marine  Frangaise.     8vo,  34  pp. 
Paris:  Grandjean.     1791. 

Reissued  in  1799  by  Order  of  the  First  Consul  with 
the  added  line:  "Ecrit  par  le  grand  amiral  Americain  et 
Russe,    Paul   Jones." 

Death  of  Paul  Jones.     The  Historical  Magazine,  No.  XLV. 
Page  248.     London,  July,   1792. 

Algemeene  Geschiedenis  der  Tegenwoordige  Eeuw.     In  vier 

Deelen.      Met    Plaaten.     8vo,   381;   381;   379;   347  pp.     Te 
Harlingen,  By  V.  Van  der  Plaats.     1793. 
Paul  Jones,  page   183,   Vol.  3. 

A  Catalogue  of  engraved  British  portraits,  from  Egbert  the 

Great  to  the  Present  Time.  Consisting  of  the  Effigies  of 
persons  in  every  walk  of  human  life;  as  well  those  whose 
services  to  their  country  are  recorded  in  the  annals  of  the 
English  history,  as  others  whose  eccentricity  of  char- 
acter rendered  them  conspicuous  in  their  day.  With  an 
appendix,  containing  the  portraits  of  such  foreigners  as 
either  by  alliance  with  the  Royal  Families  of,  or  resi- 
dence as  visitors  in  this  Kingdom,  or  by  deriving  from  it 
some  title  of  distinction,  may  claim  a  place  in  the  British 
series  Methodically  disposed  in  Classes,  and  interspersed 
with  a  number  of  Notices  Biographical  and  Genealogical, 
never  before  published.  By  Henry  Bromley.  4to,  xiv- 
479-56  pp.  London:  Printed  for  T.  Payne,  Mews  Gate,  J. 
Edwards,  Pail-Mall;  W.  Otridge  and  Son,  Strand;  and  R. 
Faulder,  New  Bond  Street.  MDCCXCIIL 
Contains  fine  portrait  of  Paul  Jones. 

Collections  of  the  Massachusetts  Historical  Society,  for  the 
Year    1793.      Volume    II.      8vo,    (i)-246    pp.      Printed    at 


BIBLIOGRAPHY  i8i 

the    Apollo    Press    in    Boston.      By    Belknap    and    Hall. 
MDCCXCIII. 

Collections  of  the  Massachusetts  Historical  Society  for  the 
year  1793.  Vol.  II,  8vo.  (0-246  pp.  Boston:  Printed 
in  the  year  1793.  Re-printed  by  Monroe  &  Francis,  No. 
4  Cornhill.  Printers  to  the  Massachusetts  Historical  So- 
ciety.    1810. 

Paul  Jones  page  183. 

American   Biography:    or.   An   Historical   Account   of  those 

Persons  who  have  been  distinguished  in  America,  as  Ad- 
venturers, Statesmen,  Philosophers,  Divines,  Warriors, 
and  other  remarkable  Characters.  Comprehending  a  Re- 
cital of  the  Events  connected  with  their  Lives  and  Ac- 
tions. By  Jeremy  Belknap,  D.D.  Published  according 
to  Act  of  Congress,  Two  vols.  8vo,  416;  4/6  Pp.  Boston 
Isaiah  Thomas,  MDCCXCIV. 

The  American  Remembrancer,  and  Universal  Tablet  of  Mem- 

ory:  Containing  a  list  of  the  most  eminent  men,  whether 
in  Ancient  or  Modern  Times,  with  the  Atchievements 
through  which  they  have  been  particularly  distinguished: 
As  also  the  most  remarkable  events  in  History,  From  the 
Earliest  Period  till  the  year  I795,  Classed  under-distinct 
Heads,  with  their  respective  dates.  To  which  is  added 
A  Table,  Comprehending  the  Periods  at  which  the  most 
remarkable  Cities,  and  Towns  were  founded,  their  present 
population,  latitude,  and  longitude.  The  whole  being  in- 
tended to  form  a  comprehensive  abridgement  of  History 
and  Chronology,  particularly  of  that  Period  which  relates 
to  America.  By  James  Hardie,  A.M.  Multum  in  parvo. 
i2mo,  259  pp.  Philadelphia:  Printed  for  the  author  by 
Thomas  Dobson,  at  the  Stone-House,  No.  41,  South  Sec- 
ond-Street.    M.DCC.XCV. 

De  Vaderlandsche  Historie  in  Themata,  vervattende,  in  eene 

tykelijke  en  tevens  beknopt  orde,  alle  de  voornaamste 
gebeurtinissen,  die,  van  den  aanbeginne  des  lands,  tot 
heden  toe,  in  ons  Vaderland  zyn  voorgevallen.  Vierde 
verbeterde  en  vermeerderde  druk.  i2mo.  iv-162  pp.  Te 
Amsteldam,  by  A.   B.  Saakes.     MDCCXCVI. 

Contains  rare  Portrait  of  Paul  Jones,  after  a  sketch 
made  in  the  theatre  at  Amsterdam,  Oct.  9,  1779,  with  a 
battle  emblem  in  the  back  ground. 


i82  PAUL  JONES 

Paul  Jones.  The  Britannic  Magazine.  Vol.  iv,  London,  1796. 
Portrait  of  Jones  by  Chapman;  one  of  Pearson  by  Orme. 

A  survey  of  the  Turkish  Empire.  In  which  are  considered, 
I.  Its  government,  finances,  military  and  naval  force. 
Religion,  History,  Arts,  Sciences,  Manners.  Commerce, 
and  Population.  II.  The  state  of  the  Provinces,  Includ- 
ing the  ancient  Government  of  the  Crim  Tartars.  The 
Subjection  of  the  Greeks,  their  efforts  towards  emanci- 
pation, And  the  Interest  of  other  Nations,  Particularly  of 
Great  Britain,  in  their  Success.  III.  The  causes  of  the 
decline  of  Turkey,  And  those  which  tend  to  the  Pro- 
longation of  its  Existence,  With  a  Development  of  the 
Political  System  of  the  late  Empress  of  Russia.  IV.  The 
British  commerce  with  Turkey,  The  Necessity  of  abolish- 
ing the  Levant  Company,  And  the  Danger  of  our  Quaran- 
tine Regulations.  With  many  other  important  particulars. 
By  W.  Eton,  Esq;  many  years  resident  in  Turkey  and 
Russia.  8vo,  xxviii-516  pp.  London:  Printed  for  T. 
Cadell,  jun.  and  W.  Davies.  in  the  Strand,  1798. 

2nd.  Ed.  Bvo.  London,  1799.  There  is  a  French  trans- 
lation  of  this  book  by   C.   Lefebure,  Svo.     1799. 

Memoires  de  Paul  Jones,  Oia  il  expose  ses  principaux  ser- 
vices, et  rappelle  ce  qui  lui  est  arrive  de  plus  remarquable 
pendant  le  cours  de  la  revolution  americaine,  particuliere- 
ment  en  Europe,  ecrits  par  lui-meme  en  anglais,  et 
traduits  sous  ses  veux  par  le  citoyen  Andre.  Munera 
sunt  lauri.  i6mo,  xix-244  PP-  A  Paris,  Chez  Louis 
Libraire,    rue    Saint-Severin,    No.    no.      An   VI.      1798. 

A  translation  of  this  volume  appears  in  Niles'  Register 
for  1812.  It  is  a  narrative  made  up  from  the  manuscript 
"Journal  for  the  King"  presented  by  Paul  Jones  to  Louis 
XVI.  Carries  a  fine  copper  plate  portrait  by  Renaud, 
as  a  frontispiece.  Andre  was  for  a  time  secretary  to  the 
Commodore. 

La  Liberte  Des  Mers  Ou  Le  Gouvernment  Anglais  Devoile. 

Par  Bertrand  Barere. 

"Un  effort  reste  a  faire  a  la  Grande-Nation:  ce  n'est 
pas  avec  le  peuple  anglais  qu'elle  combat,  c'est  seulement 
avec  une  centaine  de  scelerats.  Qu'ils  tombent!  la  paix 
de  rUnivers  est  etablie."  Lettre  de  Thomas  Muir,  Ecos- 
sais  refugie,  au  Ministre  de  la  Police  Generale,  le  8 
Nivose,  an  6.     En  2  volumes  in  Svo.,  a  50  s.  le  vol.  Svo, 


BIBLIOGRAPHY  183 

lxiii-314;  319-40Q  pp.  Imprime  En  France.  Ventose,  an 
VI  De  La  Republique. 

Histoire   De   Catherine  II,   Imperatrice   De  Russie.     Par  J. 

Castera.  Nihil  compositum  miraculi  causa,  verum  audita 
scriptaque  sinioribus  tradam.  Tacit.  Ann.  Lib.  XL 
Avec  Seize  Portraits  Ou  Cartes,  Graves  En  Taille-Douce. 
Three  Vols,  8vo,  vii-444;  412;  466  pp.  A  Paris:  Chez 
F.  Buisson.  Imprimeur  Libraire,  Rue  Hautefeuille,  No. 
20,  An  VI I L 

Paul  Jones,  Vol.  I,  pages  38,  39. 

The  Life  of  Catherine  II,  Empress  of  Rcssia.  With  Seven 
Portraits  elegantly  engraved  and  a  correct  map  of  the 
Russian  Empire.  In  Three  Volumes.  Nihil  compositum 
miraculi  causa,  verum  audita  scriptaque  senioribus  tradem. 
Tacit.  Ann.  lib.  XL  The  Third  Edition,  with  consider- 
able improvements.  Bvo,  viii-572;  viii-543;  vii-501  pp. 
London:  Printed  for  T.  N.  Longman  and  O.  Rees,  Pater- 
noster-Row; and  J.  Debrett,  Piccadilly.     1799. 

History  of  Catherine  II.  Empress  of  Russia.  By  J.  Castera. 
Translated  from  the  French  by  Henry  Hunter,  D.D. 
Nihil  compositum  miraculi  causa,  verum  audita,  scrip- 
taque senioribus  tradem.  Tacit.  Ann.  Lib.  XI.  Em- 
bellished with  thirteen  Portraits,  and  a  view  of  the  Fort- 
ress of  Schlusselburg.  8vo,  xxxi-(  0-579  PP-  London: 
Printed  for  John  Stockdale,  Piccadilly.  1800. 
Paul  Jones,  pages  505-6. 

The  Life  of  Catherine  II,  Empress  of  Russia,  with  eleven 
Elegant  Portraits,  A  View  of  the  Fortress  of  Schlussel- 
burg, and  a  correct  map  of  the  Russian  Empire.  The 
Fourth  Edition,  With  Great  Additions,  and  a  copious 
Index.  In  Three  Volumes.  8vo.  xi-520;  vii-486:  viii- 
563  pp.  London:  Printed  by  A.  Strahan,  Printers  Street. 
For  T.  N.  Longman  and  O.  Rees,  Paternoster-Row. 
1800. 

"Copy  of  a  Letter  sent  from  John  Paul  Jones,  Esq.,  Com- 
mander in  Chief  of  the  American  squadron  in  Europe, 
to  the  Right  Hon.  the  Countess  of  Selkirk,  St.  Mary's 
Isle,  Scotland."  Pages  283-284.  The  Monthly  Magazine, 
Vol.  5,  London,  April,  1798. 


i84  PAUL  JONES 

Beknopt    Handboekje    der    Vaderlandsche    Geschiedenissen. 

Aanvang  neemende  met  de  komit  van  Karel  de  Vde  tot 
de  Graeffelijke  Waardigheid  over  deeze  Landen,  tot  den 
tegenwoordigen  tijd.  Uit  de  beste  Autheuren,  en  anders 
echte  stukken  ten  dienste  van  Neerlandsch  Jongeling- 
schap,  bij  een  gezameld,  en  in  orde  gesteld  door  Cornells 
van  der  Aa.  Met  Platen  en  Pourtraitten.  Six  vols.  i8mo, 
xvi-347;  vi-352;  vi-368;  xiv-408;  vi-447;  vi-405;  Te  Amster- 
dam, bij  Johannes  Allart.  MDCCC-MDCCCIII. 
Paul  Jones,  Vol.  5,  pages  299-304. 


Paul  Jones.  Song.  Broadside,  with  cut  and  verses.  "My 
Rattling  Mare  and  I."  4to.  W.  Forth,  Printer,  Waverly 
Street,  Hull.     N.D.     (1800.) 

The  Life  and  History  of  Paul  Jones,  the  English  Corsair; 

Giving  an  account   of  the   Extraordinary   Perils,    Escapes, 

and   Voyages,   of  that    Bold   and    Determined   Pirate  and 

Smuggler. 

All  desperate  hazards  courage  do  create, 
As  he  plays  frankly  who  has  least  estate: 
Presence  of  mind,  and  courage  in  distress. 
And  more  than  armies  to  procure  success. 

Dryden. 

i6mo,   32   pp.      London:    Printed   and   sold   by   Dean    and 

Munday,  Threadneedle  Street.     Price  six-pence.     N.D. 
Folding  frontispiece,  colored  by  hand,  showing  "Paul 

Jones    the    English    Corsair    shooting   his    Lieutenant    for 

attempting  to  strike  his   Colours." 

The  Life  and  History  of  Paul  Jones,  the  English  Corsair: 

Giving  an  Account  of  the  Extraordinary  Perils,  Escapes, 

and   Voyages,    of  the    Bold   and   Determinate    Pirate   and 

Smuggler. 

All  desperate  hazards  courage  do  create. 
As  he  plays  frankly  who  has  least  estate; 
Presence   of  mind,   and   courage  in   distress, 
Are  more  than  armies  to  procure  success. 

Dryden. 

i2mo,   30  pp.      Plymouth:    Printed   and    Published   by   R. 

Bond,    31,    Market-street.      Price    Sixpence.      N.D.      (Ca. 

1800.) 

Folding  plate. 


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View  of  the  Russian  Empire  during  the  reign  of  Catharine 

the  Second  and  to  the  Close  of  the  Eighteenth  Century. 
By  William  Tooke,  F.R.S.  Member  of  the  Imperial 
Academy  of  Sciences  and  of  the  Free  Economical  Society 
at  St.  Petersburg.  In  three  Volumes,  8vo,  xxxvi-630; 
574.  628  pp.  The  Second  Edition.  London:  Printed  by 
A.  Strahan,  Printers-Street;  for  T.  N.  Longman  and  O. 
Rees,  Paternoster-Row.  1800. 
Paul  Jones,  pages  216-218. 

The  Life  of  Catharine  II,  Empress  of  all  the  Russias:  With 
an  elegant  portrait  of  the  Tzarina,  and  a  correct  map  of 
the  Russian  Empire.  By  W.  Tooke,  F.R.S.  Member  of 
the  Imperial  Academy  of  Sciences,  and  of  the  Free  Eco- 
nomical Society  of  St.  Petersburg.  First  American  Edi- 
tion. Two  volumes.  8vo,  xii-558;  xi-560  pp.  Phila- 
delphia: Published  by  William  Fry,  No.  36,  Chestnut 
Street.  H.  Maxwell.  Printer.  1802. 
Paul  Jones,  pages  259-261. 

An  History  of  Marine  Architecture.  Including  an  Enlarged 
and  Progressive  view  of  the  Nautical  Regulations  and 
Naval  History,  both  Civil  and  Military,  of  all  Nations, 
especially  of  Great  Britain;  derived  chiefly  from  Original' 
Manuscripts,  as  well  in  private  collections  as  in  the  great 
public  repositories;  and  deduced  from  the  earliest  period 
to  the  present  time.  In  three  volumes.  By  John  Char- 
nock,  Esq.,  F.S.A.  4to,  xcx-368;  496;  436  pp.  London: 
Prmted  for  R.  Faulder,  Bond  Street;  G.  G.  and  J.  Robin- 
son and  Co.  Paternoster-row;  A.  and  J.  Black,  and  H. 
Parry,  Leadenhall-street;  T.  Egerton,  Charing  Cross;  G. 
Nicoll,  Pall  Mall;  C.  Law,  Ave  Maria  Lane;  J  Sewell 
Cornhill;  J.  White.  Fleet-street;  W.  J.  W.  Richardson! 
Royal  Exchange;  Leigh  and  Sotheby,  York-street;  Cadeli 
and  Davies,  and  W.  Otridge  and  Son,  Strand;  I.  and  J. 
Boydell,  Cheapside,  F.  and  C.  Rivington,  St.  Paul's 
Church-yard;  T.  Payne,  Mews  Gate;  Heather  and  Co. 
Leadenhall-street;  Longman  and  Rees,  J.  Wallis,  and 
H.  D.  Symonds,  Paternoster-row;  J.  Debrett  and  J. 
Wright,  Piccadilly;  J.  and  A.  Arch,  Gracechurch-street; 
Vernor  and  Hood,  Poultry;  J.  Hookham,  and  J.  Carpen- 
ter and  Co.  Bond-street;  J.  Bell,  Oxford-road;  Crosby 
and  Letterman,  Stationer's-court;  Bunney  and  Gold, 
Shoe-lane;  Darton  and  Harvey,  Gracechurch-street;  d! 
Steel,  Towerhill;  J.  Hardy  and  Sons,  Ratcliffe  Highway; 


i86  PAUL  JONES 

Lackington,   Allen    and    Co.,    Finsbury-square;    E.    Lloyd, 
Harley-street;  and  S.  Deighton,  Cambridge:  By  Bye  and 
Law,    St.    John's-square.      Clerkenwell.      MDCCC. 
Describes   the  "Serapis." 

Memoires   Historiques   Et   Politiques   Du    Regne    De   Louis 

XVI,  Depuis  Son  Mariage  Jusqu'  A  Sa  Mort,  Ouvrage 
compose  sur  des  pieces  authentiques  fournies  a  I'auteur, 
avant  la  revolution,  par  plusieurs  ministres  et  hommes 
d'etat;  et  sur  les  pieces  justificatives  recuillies,  apres  le 
ID  aout,  dans  les  cabinets  de  Louis  XVI,  a  Versailles,  et 
au  chateau  des  Tuileries.  Par  Jean-Louis  Soulavie 
(I'aine),  correspondant  le  I'ancienne  Academic  des  In- 
scriptions et  de  celles  des  Antiquites  de  Hesse-Cassel  et 
Petersbourg,  Ancien  associe  de  celles  de  Nismes,  Tou- 
louse, Bordeaux,  Marseille,  Pau,  Dijon,  Orleans,  Mon- 
tauban,  Angers,  Arras,  Metz,  Larochelle,  Chalons-sur- 
Marne,  etc.  Six  vols.,  8vo,  cxvi-355;  xcvi-348;  439;  408; 
456;  550  pp.  A  Paris:  Chez  Treuttel  et  Wiirtz,  libraires, 
Quai  Voltaire,  No.  2;  et  a  Strasbourg,  Grand  Rue,  No. 
15.  and  X.   (1801). 

Historical  and  Political  Memoirs  of  the  Reign  of  Louis  XVI 

from  His  Marriage  to  His  Death.  Founded  on  a  Variety 
of  Authentic  Documents  furnished  to  the  Author  before 
the  Revolution  by  many  eminent  Statesmen  and  Minis- 
ters, and  on  the  Secret  papers  discovered  after  the  loth 
of  August,  1792,  in  the  closets  of  the  King  at  Versailles 
and  the  Tuileries:  By  John  Lewis  Soulavie,  the  Elder, 
Compiler  of  the  Memoirs  of  Marshall  Duke  of  Richelieu 
and  of  the  Memoirs  of  the  Duke  of  St.  Simon.  Trans- 
lated from  the  French.  In  Six  Volumes.  Accompanied 
with  explanatory  Tables,  and  one  hundred  and  thirteen 
portraits.  8vo,  334;  346;  438;  376;  416;  517  pp.  Printed 
for  G.  and  J.  Robinson,  Paternoster  Row,  by  T.  Davison, 
Lombard-street,   White   Friars.     1802. 

Tableau  Historique  et  Politique  De  L'Europe,  Depuis  1786 
Jusqu  'en  1796,  ou  L'an  4;  Contenant  L'Histoire  Des  Prin- 
cipaux  Evenemens  du  Regne  De  F.  Guillaume  II,  Roi  de 
Prusse;  Et  un  Precis  des  Revolutions  de  Brabant,  de 
Hollande.  de  Pologne  et  de  France,  Par  L.  P.  Segur, 
L'Aine,  Ex-Ambassadeur,  Membre  du  Corps  Legislatif. 
Seconde    Edition,   revue   et   corrigee. 

Quid  verum,  atque  decens  euro  et  rogo, 


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Et  omnis  in  hoe  sum.     Horat — Epis 

Two  Volumes,  8vo,  xxxiv-398;  zi'^  PP-  A  Paris,  Chez  F. 
Buisson,  Imprimeur-Lib.,  rue  Hauteseuille,  No.  20.  A  N 
IX   (1801). 

London  issue,  3  vols.,  Bvo,  same  year.  T.  Longman  and 
O.  Rees. 

The  History  of  England,  from  the  Accession  of  George  the 
third,  to  the  Conclusion  of  Peace  in  the  Year  one 
thousand  seven  hundred  and  eighty-three.  By  John 
Adolphus,  Esq.,  F.S.A.  In  three  volumes.  Svo,  xxvii- 
588;  xii-544;  XV-600  pp.  London:  Printed  for  T.  Cadell, 
Jun.  and  W.  Davies,  in  the  Strand.     1802. 

The  Life,  Voyages,  Surprising  Incidents,  and  Sea  Battles,  of 

the  famous  Commodore  Paul  Jones,  the  American  Cor- 
sair. In  which  are  contained  a  Variety  of  Important 
Facts,  displaying  the  Revolution  of  Fortune  that  this 
Naval  Adventurer  underwent.  Accurately  compiled  from 
Authentic  Documents.  i2mo,  48  pp.  London:  Printed  by 
T.  Maiden,  Sherbourn-Lane,  for  Ann  Lemoine,  White- 
Rose-Court,  Coleman  Street,  and  sold  by  T.  Hurst, 
Paternoster-Row.     N.D.     (1802.)      (Price  Six-pence.) 

The  Life,  Voyages,  Surprising  Incidents,  and  Sea  Battles,  of 

the  famous  Commodore  Paul  Jones,  the  American  Cor- 
sair. In  which  are  contained  a  Variety  of  Important 
Facts,  displaying  the  Revolution  of  Fortune  that  this 
Naval  Adventurer  underwent.  Accurately  compiled  from 
Authentic  Documents.  i2mo,  36  pp.  London:  Printed 
by  T.  Maiden,  Sherbourn-Lane,  for  Ann  Lemoine,  White- 
Rose-Court,  Coleman  Street,  and  J.  Roe,  No.  90,  Hounds- 
ditch.  Sold  by  all  the  Booksellers  in  the  United  King- 
dom.     (Price   Six-Pence.)      N.D. 

The  Interesting  Life,  Travels,  Voyages  and  Daring  Engage- 
ments, of  that  Celebrated  and  Justly  Notorious  Pirate, 
Paul  Jones;  containing  numerous  Anecdotes  of  Un- 
daunted Courage,  in  the  Prosecution  of  his  Nefarious 
Undertakings.  Written  by  Himself.  Svo,  36  pp.  Lon- 
don:  Printed  for  Tegg  &   Castleman.     1803. 

Frontispiece  depicting  Jones  shooting  Lt.  Grubb  for 
lowering  his  flag.  This  picture  a  fiction.  There  was  no 
such  personage  as  Grubb  and  Jones  never  shot  one  of 
his  officers. 


1 88  PAUL  JONES 

The  History,  Ancient  and  Modem  of  the  Sheriffdans  of  Fife 

and  Kinross,  with  a  description  of  both,  and  of  the  Firths 
of  Forth  and  Tay,  and  the  Islands  in  them,  In  which 
there  is  an  account  of  the  Royal  Seats  and  Castles,  and 
of  the  Royal  Burghs  and  Ports,  and  of  the  Religious 
Houses  and  Schools,  and  of  the  most  Remarkable  Houses 
of  the  Nobility  and  Gentry,  with  an  account  of  the  Nat- 
ural Products  of  the  Land  and  Waters,  by  Sir  Robert 
Sibbald,  M.D. 

Quas   aer  volueres,   refert;   quos  aequora   pisces; 

Quaeque,  Caledoniis,  munera  terra  dedit. 
A  new  edition,  with  notes  and  illustrations,  embellished 
with  elegant  engravings.  8vo,  xvi-468-vi  pp.  Cupar — Fife: 
Printed  by  and  for  R.  Tullis,  the  Publisher;  sold  also  by 
A.  Constable,  and  W,  Creech,  Edinburgh;  J.  and  A.  Dun- 
can, Glasgow;  P.  Bower,  St.  Andrews;  J.  Ford,  Kirk- 
caldy; W.  Cockburn,  Anstruther;  and  by  T.  N.  Longman, 
and   O.   Rees.     London.     1803. 

Paul  Jones,  pages  90  and  338. 

The  British  Trident;  or,  Register  of  Naval  Actions:  includ- 
ing Authentic  Accounts  of  all  the  most  remarkable  en- 
gagements at  sea,  in  which  the  British  flag  has  been  emi- 
nently distinguished;  From  the  Period  of  the  memorable 
Defeat  of  the  Spanish  Armada,  to  the  present  time. 
Chronologically  arranged.  By  Archibald  Duncan,  Esq. 
Late  of  the  Royal  Navy.  In  four  volumes.  i2mo, 
xxvi-314;  384;  380;  324;  pp;  (6  pp.  of  index),  350  (7  pp. 
of  index).  London:  Printed  and  published  by  James 
Cundee,  Ivy  Lane,  Paternoster-row;  Sold  by  C.  Chappie, 
Pall-Mall.     1804,    1805,   180S,    1805,    1806. 

Five  volumes,   despite  the  statement  in  the  title. 

Sketches  of  the  Lives  of  Remarkable  and  Celebrated  Char- 
acters. Consisting  chiefly  of  those  who  have  distin- 
guished themselves  in  the  last  and  during  the  American 
War.  Extracted  from  the  most  authentic  and  impartial 
Publications.  i2mo,  249-(i)-pp.  Paisley:  Printed  by  W. 
Falconer.     1804. 

Paul  Jones,  pages  79-114. 

Naval  and   military    Memoirs   of   Great   Britain,   from   1727 

to  1783.  By  Robert  Beatson,  Esq.  L.L.D.  In  six  vol- 
umes.     8vo,    xv-525;    vi-608;    448    (Appendix    only);    xvi- 


BIBLIOGRAPHY  189 

576;    xvi-715;    xx-484    pp.      London:    Printed    for    Long- 
man,   Hurst,    Rees    and    Orme,    No.    39    Paternoster-row; 
W.  J.  and  J.  Richardson,  Royal  Exchange;  A.   Constable 
and    Co.,    Edinburgh;   and   A.    Brown,   Aberdeen.     1804. 
First  edition   in  3   vols.  Svo.     London.     1790. 

Memoires   De   M.   Le   Baron   De  Besenval,   Lieutenant-Gen- 

eral  des  Armees  du  Roi,  sous  Louis  XV  et  Louis  XVI, 
Grand'  Croix  de  I'Ordre  de  Saint-Louis,  Governeur  de 
Haguenau,  Commandant  des  Provinces  de  I'lnterieur, 
Lieutenant-Colonel  du  Regiment  des  Gardes-Suisses,  etc.; 
Ecrits  Par  Lui-Meme,  Imprimes  Sur  Son  Manuscrit 
Original,  Et  public  par  son  Executeur  Testamentaire. 
Contenant  beaucoup  de  Particularites  et  d'Anecdotes  sur 
la  Cour,  sur  les  Ministres  et  les  Regnes  de  Louis  XV  et 
Louis  XVI,  et  sur  les  Evenements  du  temps.  Precede 
D'Une  Notice  sur  la  Vie  de  I'Auteur.  Three  volumes,  Svo, 
iv-xvi-374;  3/6;  439  pp.  A  Paris:  Chez  F.  Buisson, 
Libraire,  rue  Hautefeuille,  No.  31,  An  Treizieme  (1805). 
Reissued,   Paris,    1846. 

History  of  the  Rise,  Progress  and  Termination  of  the  Amer- 
ican Revolution,  Interspersed  with  Biographical,  Politi- 
cal and  Moral  Observations,  In  three  volumes.  By  Mrs. 
Mercy  Warren  of  Plymouth  (Mass.)  Svo,  447;  412;  475  pp. 
Boston:  Printed  by  Manning  and  Loring  for  E.  Larkin, 
No.  47   Cornhill.     1805. 

Paul  Jones  references,  page  112. 

A  Narrative  of  the  Unparalleled  and  Celebrated  Commodore 
Paul  Jones.  Containing  a  brief  account  of  the  many 
surprising  Adventures  and  imminent  Dangers  he  was 
exposed  to  during  the  American  Revolution,  to  wit:  the 
taking  of  a  number  of  Vessels  in  the  enemies  Harbors; 
his  engagement  with  the  "Serapis,"  and  compelling  the 
British  to  an  exchange  of  Prisoners,  whom  they  at  first 
treated  as  rebels,  &c.,  &c.  Translated  from  a  manuscript 
written  by  himself.  i2mo,  32  pp.  Carlisle:  From  the 
Press   of  A.    Loudon,   Whitehall.     1S06. 


Narrative  of  the  Adventures  of  an  American  Navy  Officer 

who  served  during  the  part  of  the  American  Revolution 
under    the    command    of    Com.    John    Paul    Jones,    Esq. 


I90  PAUL  JONES 

Copyright  secured.  i2mo,  270  pp.  New  York:  Printed 
for  the  Author.     1806. 

Written  by  Nathaniel  Fanning,  a  native  of  Stonington, 
Conn.,  who  was  a  midshipman  on  the  "Bon  Homme  Rich- 
ard" in  the  "Serapis"  fight,  in  charge  of  the  main-top. 
He  served  much  with  Commodore  Jones  and  acted  for 
a  time  as  his  secretary.  He  entered  the  navy  from  a 
privateering  venture  that  landed  him  a  prisoner  in  Eng- 
land. The  book  was  suppressed  to  a  great  extent  because 
of  some  scandalous  matter  made  public  in  it  and  re- 
issued in  1808  with  a  title  giving  the  author's  name  and 
amended  by  the  excision  of  24  pages  of  text  and  the 
dedication.  The  new  title  was  pasted  in  on  a  flyleaf  and 
as  the  pagination  was  not  changed  it  is  assumed  that 
sheets  of  the  first  edition  were  utilized.  Fanning  died 
Sept.  30,  1805,  of  yellow  fever  at  Charleston,  S.  C,  while 
in  command  of  the  Naval  Station.  The  second  title 
reads: 

"Memoirs  of  the  Life  of  Captain  Nathaniel  Fanning, 
an  American  Naval  Officer  who  served  during  part  of  the 
American  Revolution  under  the  command  of  Commodore 
John  Paul  Jones,  Esq.,  and  who  died  lately  at  Charleston 
in  the  service  of  the  United  States.  Copyright  secured. 
New  York.     Printed,  1808." 

Jones  said  of  Fanning: 

"Fanning  was  a  brave  and  sensible  officer.  In  the 
action  with  the  'Serapis'  he  was  stationed  in  the  main- 
top, where  his  behavior  did  him  great  credit,  and  materi- 
ally influenced  the  result.  He  was  always  perfectly  cool, 
and  of  dauntless  bravery.  He  was  the  perfection  of  the 
fighting  Puritan.  After  the  cruise  with  the  'Serapis'  he 
commanded  the  French  privateer  'L'Eclipse'  of  Dunkirk, 
until  the  end  of  the  war,  with  infinite  honor  to  himself 
and  the  service  and  vast  damage  to  the  enemy." 

Fanning  last  went  to  sea  with  Captain  Jones  in  the 
"Ariel,"  the  log  of  which  afifords  this  interesting  mention 
of  the  young  gentleman: 

"Saturdaj',  April  2d.  These  24  hours  begins  with  clear 
weather  and  Moderate  Breezes  from  the  Eastward.  Had 
a  grand  entertainment  on  board.  Fire  salutes.  Exer- 
cised Great  Guns  and  Small  Arms.  The  Captain  kicked 
Mr.  Fanning,  Mid-shipman  and  ordered  him  below." 

The  Naval  and  Military  History  of  the  Wars  of  England; 

including  the  Wars  of  Scotland  and  Ireland,  in  which  is 


BIBLIOGRAPHY  191 

given,  An  accurate  and  lively  Description  of  the  Sieges, 
Battles,  Bombardments,  Sea-Engagements,  Expeditions, 
and  extensive  Conquests,  of  the  British  Arms,  in  all 
Quarters  of  the  Globe,  with  a  variety  of  Interesting  and 
extraordinary  Anecdotes  of  Military  Skill  and  Intrepidity, 
heroic  Adventures,  brilliant  Exploits,  martial  Atchieve- 
ments,  and  memorable  Actions,  of  the  British  Warriors, 
calculated  to  inspire  the  Rising  Generation  with  Magna- 
nimity and  Virtue,  and  to  Impress  on  their  Minds  the 
generous  Ardour  and  Noble  Emulation  of  their  Ances- 
tors. None  but  the  Brave  deserve  the  Fair.  Ornamented 
with  elegant  copper-plates.  8vo,  iv-440;  448;  480;  456;  448; 
448;  48S;  524  pp.  London:  Printed  for  the  Author,  and 
sold  by  Champante  and  Whitrow,  Jewry-Street,  Aldgate; 
and  at  the  British  Directory  Office,  Ave-Maria-Lane,  St. 
Paul's.     N.  D.      (1807). 

Paul   Jones    takes    two    British    ships    ("Serapis"    and 
"Scarborough")  page  210,  Vol.  7. 


The  British  Neptune;  or,  A  history  of  the  achievements  of 

the  Royal  Navy,  from  the  earliest  periods  to  the  present 
time.  By  William  Burney,  A.M.  Master  of  the  Naval 
Academy  at  Gosport,  &c.,  &c.  8vo,  vi-490  pp.  London: 
Printed  for  Richard  Phillips,  Bridge-street,  Blackfriars; 
and  to  be  had  of  all  booksellers  in  the  United  Kingdom. 
1807.  (Price  7s.  6d.  bound  and  lettered;  or  los.  6d.  on 
fine  paper,  elegantly  bound  and  gilt.) 
Paul  Jones,  page  332. 


The  Interesting  Life,  Travels,  Voyages,  and  daring  engage- 
ments of  that  celebrated  and  justly  notorious  Pirate,  Paul 
Jones,  containing  numerous  anecdotes  of  undaunted  cour- 
age in  the  persecution  of  his  nefarious  undertakings. 
" the  Pirate 

Unpitying  hears  the   Captive's  moans 

Or  e'en  a  dying  Brother's  groans!" 
i6mo,   36   pp.      New   York:    Printed    for   George   Sinclair, 
No.    235    Broadway,    Corner    of    Robinson    Street,    by    J. 
Hardcastle,  13  Beekman-Slip,  1807. 


The  History  of  Paul  Jones,  the  notorious  pirate,  during  the 

American  War.     i2mo.     Falkirk,   1808.     (A  chap-book.) 


192  PAUL  JONES 

Histoire  de  France,  Pendant  Le  Dix-Huitieme  Siecle :  Par  M. 

Lacretelle  Le  Jeune. 

Expatiantur;  nullo  inhibente  per  auras 

Ignotae  regionis  eunt. 

OviDE. 
Six  vols.     8vo,  400;  431;  406;  404;  358;  408  pp.     A  Paris, 
Chez  F.  Buisson,  Libraire-Editeur,  Rue  Gilles-Coeur,  No. 
10.     1808. 

American  Magazine  of  Wit.  A  Collection  of  Anecdotes, 
Stories  and  Narratives.  Numerous,  Marvellous,  Witty, 
Queer,  Remarkable  and  Interesting.  Partly  selected  and 
partly  Original.  By  a  Judge  of  the  Convivial  Court  of 
Dover,  aided  by  a  Jury  of  Odd  Fellows.  i2mo,  336  pp. 
New  York:  Printed  by  H.  C.  Southwick,  No.  2  Wall 
Street.     1808. 

Includes  anecdotes  of  Paul  Jones,  Franklin,  Washing- 
ton, Lee,  Burgoyne  and  Arnold. 

Memoires  Historiques  Litteraires  Et  Critiques  De  Bachau- 

mont,  Depuis  L'Annee  1762  Jusques  1788;  Ou  Choix 
d'Anecdotes  historiques,  Litteraires,  critiques  et  drama- 
tiques;  de  bons  mots,  d'Epigrammes,  de  Pieces  festives, 
tant  en  prose  qu'en  vers;  de  Vaudevilles  et  de  Noe  Co  sur 
la  Cour;  de  Pieces  pen  connues,  des  Eloges  des  savans, 
des  artistes  et  des  hommes  de  lettres,  Extrait  des  Me- 
moires secret  de  la  republique  des  lettres,  et  mis  en  ordre. 
Par  J.  T.  M  .  .  .  e.  Two  Vols.,  8vo,  x-415;  400  pp.  Paris: 
Leopold  Collin.  Libraire,  Rue  Git-Le-Cceur,,  1808. 

The    Life,   Travels,   Voyages,   and    Daring   Engagements   of 

Paul  Jones:  Containing  numerous  anecdotes  of  un- 
daunted courage.  To  which  is  prefixed.  The  Life  and 
Adventures  of  Peter  Williamson,  who  was  Kidnapped 
when  an  infant  from  his  native  place,  Aberdeen,  and  Sold 
for  a  slave  in  America.  24mo,  96  pp.  Albany:  Printed 
by  E.  &  E.  Hosford.     1809. 

Letters  of  an  Englishwoman  in  Paris  during  the  American 

War.     By  Miss    Edes    Herbert.      Edinburgh.      i8og. 

The  Interesting  Life,  Travels,  Voyages,  and  daring  engage- 
ments of  the  Celebrated  Paul  Jones,  containing  numerous 
Anecdotes  of  undaunted  Courage,  in  the  prosecution  of 
his     bold     Enterprises.       Second    Edition.      To    which    is 


BIBLIOGRAPHY  193 

added,  the  Song  written  on  the  engagement  between  the 
"Good  Man  Richard,"  and  the  English  frigate  "Serapis." 
i2mo,  35  pp.  New  York:  Printed  for  G.  Sinclair,  No. 
259  Broadway,  between  Murray  and  Warren  Streets. 
1809. 

The  Life,  Travels,  Voyages,  and  Daring  Engagements  of 
the  Celebrated  Paul  Jones.  To  which  is  added:  The 
Life  and  Extraordinary  Adventures  of  Mary  Lacy;  giv- 
ing an  account  of  her  leaving  her  parents  disguised  as 
a  man;  serving  four  years  at  sea,  and  seven  years  appren- 
ticeship in  Portsmouth  dock-yard.  i6mo,  lOO  pp.  New 
York:  Printed  for  E.  Duyckinck,  No.  no  Pearl-street,  by 
G.  Bunce.     1809. 

Lettres  et  Pensees  du  Marechal  Prince  de  Ligne,  precedees 
d'une  Preface  par  Mme.  la  Baronne  de  Stael-Holstein. 
8vo,  Paschond:   Geneve  et   Paris.     1809. 

Letters  and  Reflections  of  the  Austrian  Field-Marshal  Prince 

de  Ligne.  Edited  by  the  Baroness  de  Stael  Holstein. 
Containing  Anecdotes  Hitherto  Unpublished  of  Joseph 
II,  Catherine  II,  Frederic  the  Great,  Rousseau,  Voltaire 
and  Others,  with  Interesting  Remarks  on  the  Turks. 
Translated  from  the  French  by  D.  Boileau.  Two  vols. 
i2mo,  245;  267  pp.  London:  Printed  by  W.  Flint,  Old 
Bailey,   for   Samuel   Tipper,    Ledenhall-street.     1809. 

Letters  and  Reflections  of  the  Austrian  Field-Marshal  Prince 

de  Ligne,  Edited  by  The  Baroness  de  Stael  Holstein, 
Containing  Anecdotes  hitherto  unpublished  of  Joseph  II, 
Catherine  II,  Frederick  the  Great,  Rousseau,  Voltaire,  and 
others,  with  interesting  remarks  on  the  Turks,  Trans- 
lated from  the  French  by  D.  Boileau.  i2mo,  2  volumes 
in  one.  ix-120;  119  pp.  Philadelphia.  Published  by 
Bradford  &  Inskeep,  Philadelphia;  Inskeep  &  Bradford, 
New-York;  and  William  M'llhenney,  Boston,  Printed  by 
B.  Graves,  North  Fourth  Street.     1809. 

Memoires  souvenirs  et  Anecdotes.  Par  M.  Le  Comte  de 
Segur  De  L'Academie  Francaise.  Correspondence  Et 
Pensees  du  Prince  de  Ligne  Avec  Avant-Propos  et  Notes 
Par  M.  Fs.  Barriere.  i2mo,  2  volumes.  219;  viii-447 
pp.  Paris,  Librairie  de  Firmin  Didot  Freres,  Fils  Et  Cie 
Imprimeurs  de  L'Institut,  Rue  Jacob,  56.     1859. 


194  PAUL  JONES 

Bound  in:  "Pensees  et  Lettres  due  Marechal  Prince  de 
Ligne."  Publiees  Par  Mme.  La  Baronne  de  Holstein. 
XX- 1 74  pp. 

The  Prince  de  Ligne.  His  Memoirs,  Letters  and  Miscel- 
laneous Papers.  Selected  and  translated  by  Katherine 
Prescott  Wormley.  With  introduction  and  preface  by 
C.  A.  Saint-Beauve  and  Madame  de  Stael  Holstein.  Il- 
lustrated with  Portraits,  from  the  original.  In  two  vols. 
8vo,  vi-329;  328  pp.  Boston:  Hardy,  Pratt  &  Company. 
1899. 

Paul  Jones  references  pages  70,  78,  87,  Vol.  II.  The 
Prince  regards   him  as  "a  corsair." 

An  American  Biographical  and  Historical  Dictionary,  con- 
taining an  account  of  the  Lives,  Characters,  and  Writings 
of  the  most  Eminent  Persons  in  North  America  from  its 
first  discovery  to  the  present  time,  and  a  summary  of 
the  history  of  the  Several  Colonies  and  of  the  United 
States,  by  William  Allen,  A.M.  Quique  sui  memores  alios 
fecere  merendo.  Virg.  8vo,  viii-632  pp.  Published  by 
William  Hilliard,  and  for  sale  at  his  bookstore  in  Cam- 
bridge.    Plilliard  &  Metcalf,  printers.     1809. 

An  American  Biographical  and  Historical  Dictionary,  con- 
taining an  account  of  the  Lives,  Characters,  and  Writings 
of  the  most  Eminent  Persons  in  North  America  from  its 
first  settlement,  and  a  summary  of  the  history  of  the 
Several  Colonies  and  of  the  United  States.  By  William 
Allen,  D.D.,  President  of  Bowdoin  College;  Fellow  of 
the  Amer.  Acad,  of  Arts  and  Sciences;  and  Member  of 
the  Amer.  Antiq.  Soc,  and  of  the  Hist.  Soc.  of  Maine, 
N.  Hampshire  and  N.  York.  Quique  sui  memores  alios 
fecere  merendo.  Virg.  Second  edition.  8vo.  viii-800 
pp.  Boston:  Published  by  William  Hyde  &  Co. 
MDCCCXXXII. 

John  Paul  Jones  references,  p.  501. 
Reissued,    1857. 

Storia    della    guerra    dell'    independenza    degli    Stati    Uniti 

d'America.  Scritta  da  Carlo  Botta.  4  vols.  8vo,  363; 
543;  553;  477  pp.  Parigi.  per  D.  Colas,  Stampatore,  e 
Librajo.  Contrada  del  Vieux-Colombier,  No.  26.  Anno 
1809. 


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History  of  the  War  of  the  Independence  of  the  United  States 

of  America.  Written  by  Charles  Botta.  Translated 
from  the  Italian,  by  George  Alexander  Otis.  8vo,  three 
vols.  434;  567;  503  pp.  Philadelphia:  Printed  for  the 
translator.     Lydia   R.    Bailey,    Printer.      1820-21. 

John   Paul    Jones'    Sea    Fight   with    Captain    Pearson.     The 

North  American  Review,  pages  192-194.  Boston,  July 
1821.     (Review  of  above). 

History    of   the    War   of   the    Independence    of   the    United 

States  of  America.  By  Charles  Botta.  Translated  from 
the  Italian  by  George  Alexander  Otis,  Esq.  Second  edition, 
in  two  volumes,  revised  and  corrected.  8vo,  414;  455  pages. 
Boston:  Published  by  Harrison  Gray,  William  L.  Lewis, 
Printer.     1826. 

History  of  the  War  of  Independence  of  the  United  States  of 

America.  By  Charles  Botta.  Translated  from  the  Ital- 
ian by  George  Alexander  Otis,  Esq.  Eighth  Edition,  in 
two  volumes,  revised  and  corrected.  8vo,  472;  468  pp. 
New   Haven:    T.   Brainard.     1840. 

History  of  the  War  of  the  Independence  of  the  United  States 

of  America.  By  Charles  Botta.  Translated  from  the  Ital- 
ian by  George  Alexander  Otis,  Esq.  Tenth  Edition  in  two 
volumes,  Revised  and  Corrected.  8vo,  x-472;  iv-464  pp 
Cooperstown,  N.  Y. :  Published  by  H.  &  E.  Phinney. 
1848. 

The  Interesting  Life,  Travels,  Voyages,  and  daring  Engage- 
ments, of  the  celebrated  Paul  Jones:  Commodore  in  the 
American  Navy  during  the  late  Revolutionary  War:  Con- 
taining numerous  anecdotes  of  undaunted  courage,  in  the 
prosecution  of  his  undertakings.  i6mo,  46  pp.  Hudson: 
Published  by  William  E.  Norman,  No.  2,  Warren  Street. 
N.  Elliot,  printer,  Catskill.     1809. 

The  Interesting  Life,  Travels,  Voyages  and  Daring  Engage- 
ments of  the  Celebrated  Paul  Jones;  containing  numer- 
ous Anecdotes  of  undaunted  courage  in  the  prosecution 
of  his  bold  enterprises.  To  which  is  added  the  song 
written  on  the  Engagement  between  the  "Good  Man 
Richard"  and  the  English  frigate  "Serapis."  i2mo,  35 
pp.     New  York:     G.  Sinclair.     1809. 


196  PAUL  JONES 

The  Life  and  History  of  Paul  Jones,  the  English  Corsair: 

Giving  an  Account  of  the  Wonderful  and  Extraordinary- 
Perils,  Escapes,  &  Voyages  of  that  bold  and  determinate 
Pirate  and  Smuggler.  i2mo,  34  pp.  London:  Printed 
and  Published  by  J.  Lee,  Half-Moon-street.  Bishopsgate, 
without  and  sold  by  the  Booksellers.  Price  Six  Pence. 
(Ca.  1810.) 

Colored  frontispiece. 

An  Englishman's  descriptive  account  of  Dublin,  and  the  road 

from  Bangor  Ferry,  to  Holy  Head.  Also  of  the  Road 
from  Dublin,  by  Belfast,  to  Donaghadee,  and  from  Port- 
patrick  to  Newcastle  upon  Tyne,  bj'^  way  of  Dumfries, 
Carlisle,  and  Gillsland.  With  Observations  on  the  So- 
ciety, Manners,  and  Customs,  of  the  Places  described; 
interspersed  with  Historical  and  Biographical  Anecdotes 
of  eminent  persons.  Partly  compiled  from  various 
authorities.  To  which  is  prefixed  an  accurate  plan  of 
Dublin.  By  Nathl.  Jefiferys.  i2mo,  224  pp.  London: 
Printed  for  Cadell  and  Davies,  And  sold  by  Archer  and 
G.  Keen.  Dublin;  Archer,  Belfast;  Geo.  Johnstone,  Dum- 
fries; Miller,  Newcastle;  Scott,  Carlisle;  Stoddart  and 
Craggs,  Hull;  Crossthwaite,  Whitehaven;  and  by  the 
principal   Booksellers   in    Liverpool   and   Chester.     1810. 

Pages  148  to  151  contain  an  account  of  Paul  Jones  and 
his  abstraction  of  the  plate  of  the  Selkirk  family. 

Comical   Adventures   of   Roderick    Random   and   his    Friend 

Strap.  With  their  voyage  to  S.  America.  i6mo,  106  pp. 
Philadelphia:     D.   Hogan.     1810. 

Page  69  to  end,  includes  "Life  of  the  Celebrated  Com- 
modore  Paul  Jones." 

Historia  Om  Forenta  Amerikas  Sjelfslandighet  och  Frihets- 

krig  mot  England.  Jemte  dess  Statsforfattning  och  Till- 
stand  efter  Freden  i  Paris.  1783,  samt  Lefvernesbeskrif- 
ningar  om  dess  namnkunnige  Revolutionsman,  Washing- 
ton, Gates,  Franklin,  Laurens  och  Paul  Jones.  Forfattad 
af  M.  C.  Sprengel.  Professor  i  Historien.  Med  Por- 
y  tratter  och  en  Revolutionssoen.  Ofversattning,  iSmo, 
250  pp.     Orebro,  Tryckt  hos  N.  M.  Lindh,  1810. 

The    Life,    Travels,    Voyages    and    daring    Engagements    of 

Paul  Jones;  Containing  numerous  examples  of  undaunted 
Courage.     Printed   for  the   benefit   of  William   Earl,  who 


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lost  a  limb  on  board  the  "Good  Man  Richard."     i6mo,  48 
pp.     Boston:    Printed  by  N.  Coverly,  Jun.     N.  D. 

The  Naval  Chronicle  for  1810;  containing  a  general  and  bio- 
graphical history  of  The  Royal  Navy  of  the  United  King- 
dom; with  a  variety  of  original  papers  on  nautical  sub- 
jects. Under  the  guidance  of  several  literary  and  profes- 
sional men.  Vol.  XXIV.  (from  July  to  December). 
Agnoscent  Britanni  suam  causam. — His  due.  hie  exer- 
citus.  ibi  tributa  et  metalla,  et  cae  terae  servientium  poe- 
nae;  quas  in  aeternum  proferre,  aut  statim  ulcisci,  in  hoc 
campo  est.  Proinde  ituri  in  aciem,  et  majores  vestros, 
et  posteros  cogitate.  8vo,  viii-516  pp.  London:  Printed 
and  published  by  and  for  Joyce  Gold,  103,  Shoe-Lane; 
And  sold  by  Messrs.  Longman,  Hurst,  Rees,  Orme  & 
Browne,  Messrs.  Wilkie  &  Robinson,  Messrs.  Sherwood, 
Neeley  and  Jones,  and  Mr.  Walker,  Paternoster-row; 
White  &  Co.  Fleet-street;  Messrs.  Vernor,  Hood,  and 
Sharpe,  Poultry;  Mr.  Asperne,  and  Messrs.  Richardsons, 
Cornhill;  Messrs.  Black,  Parry,  and  Kingsbury,  Leaden- 
hall-street;  Messrs.  Crosby  and  Co.  Stationer's-hall-court; 
Messrs.  Scatchard  and  Letterman,  and  Mr.  Law,  Ave- 
maria  Lane;  Mr.  Lindsell,  Wimpole-street;  Mr.  Andrews, 
Charing-cross;  Mr.  Booth,  Duke-street,  Portland-place; 
Messrs.  Mottley  and  Co.,  Portsmouth;  Mr.  Woodward, 
Portsea.  Messrs.  Congdon,  Hoxland,  and  Piatt,  Dock; 
Messrs.  Haydn,  Rees,  and  Curtis,  Smith,  Rogers,  and 
Nettleton,  Plymouth;  Mr.  Godwin,  Bath;  Messrs.  Norton 
and  Son,  Bristol;  Mr.  Robinson,  Liverpool;  Mr.  Wilson, 
Hull;  Messrs.  Manners  and  Miller,  Mr.  Creech,  and  Mr. 
Constable,  Edinburgh;  Mr.  Turnbull  and  Mr.  Lumsden, 
Glasgow;  and  the  principal  Booksellers  in  the  different 
Seaport  Towns   throughout  the  United   Kingdom. 

Contains  portrait  and  sketch  of  Sir  Richard  Pearson, 
Captain  of  the  "Serapis."  Jones'  arrival  in  Harwich, 
noted  in  issue  for  November,   1810. 

The  History  of  Paul  Jones,  the  notorious  Sea  Pirate  during 
the  American  War.  i6mo,  24  pp.  Lancaster:  C.  Clark. 
1811. 

Of  the  utmost  rarity. 

The  Interesting  Life,  Travels,  Voyages  and  Daring  Engage- 
ments of  that  celebrated  and  justly  renowned  Com- 
mander   Paul    Jones,    containing   numerous    anecdotes    of 


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undaunted  courage  in  the  prosecution  of  his  various 
enterprises.  Written  by  himself.  (The  first  Philadel- 
phia from  the  fourth  London  edition).  i2mo,  36  pp. 
Philadelphia:  Published  by  William  M'Carty.  James 
Maxwell,  Printer,  No.  80,  South  Fifth  Street.     1812. 

Paul  Jones.  Niles'  Weekly  Register,  pages  230,  231;  249- 
251;  277;  278;  296-298;  317,  318;  330,  331,  Baltimore,  June- 
July,  1812. 

Translation   of  the   "Journal   for  The   King"   prepared 
for   Louis   XVI,  by   Paul  Jones. 

Memoirs    of   the   life    of   Prince    Potemkin;    Field-Marshall, 

and  Commander-in-chief  of  the  Russian  Army;  Grand 
Admiral  of  the  Fleets;  Knight  of  the  principal  orders  of 
Prussia,  Sweden,  and  Poland,  and  of  all  the  orders  of 
Russia;  &c.,  &c.  Comprehending  original  anecdotes  of 
Catherine  the  Second  and  of  the  Russian  Court.  Trans- 
lated from  the  German.  8vo,  viii-256  pp.  London: 
Printed  for  Henry  Colburn,  English  and  foreign  public 
library.  Conduit  Street,  Hanover  Square.  1812. 
Paul  Jones,  page  161. 

Souvenirs  Et  Portraits  1780-1789,  Par  M.  De  Levis.  II 
seroit  a  souhaiter  que  ceux  qui  ont  ete  a  portee  de  con- 
noitre  les  hommes  fissent  part  de  leurs  observations. 
Duclos,  Cons,  sur  les  moeurs.  8vo,  xxiii-268  pp.  A  Paris 
1813,  Et  Se  Trouve  A  Londres,  Chez  L.  Deconchy,  Li- 
braire.  No.  100,  New  Bond  Street. 

Reissued   in    1815    Paris,    Laurent    Beaupie,    218   Palais 
Royal;  increased  to  330  pages.     First  issue  Paris,   1809. 

The    Life,    Travels,    Voyages    and    daring    Engagements    of 

Paul  Jones.  Containing  numerous  anecdotes  of  Un- 
daunted Courage.  To  which  is  added  the  Life  and  Ad- 
ventures of  Peter  Williamson,  who  was  kidnapped  when 
an  Infant,  from  his  Native  Place,  Aberdeen,  and  sold 
for  a  slave  in  America.  i6mo,  106  pp.  Hartford: 
Printed  by  John  Russell,  Jr.,  State  Street.  And  for  sale, 
Wholesale  and  Retail.     1813. 

The  Life,  Travels,  Voyages  and  Daring  Engagements,  of 
Paul  Jones:  Containing  numerous  anecdotes  of  Un- 
daunted Courage.  (With  song  of  the  "Serapis"  Fight.) 
To  which  is  Prefixed  (The)  authoritative   narrative  of  the 


BIBLIOGRAPHY  199 

Life  and  surprising  Adventures  of  Peter  Williamson, 
who  was  kidnapped  when  an  Infant,  from  his  Native 
Place,  Aberdeen,  and  sold  a  Slave  in  America.  His  mar- 
riage. Perils,  Hardships,  and  Escapes — and  his  great 
service  to  the  English  interest  by  his  intimate  acquain- 
tance with  the  Indian  Language  and  Manners.  Written 
by  Himself  at  Intervals  and  Published  at  his  Coffee- 
Room  in  Edinburgh.  (Graj^'s  Elegy  reprinted  at  end  of 
Book).  The  two  in  one  24mo  volume  paged  separately, 
40-108.  Albany,  (N.  Y.);  Printed  by  H.  C.  Southwick. 
1813. 

This  narrative,  copied  from  an  English  Chap-Book, 
evidently,  is  full  of  errors  and  misstatements.  Describes 
Jones  as  dying  on  a  "small  estate  purchased  by  him  in 
Kentucky"  in  iSoi,  "aged  52  years,  and  8  months." 

Sketches  of  the  Naval  History  of  the  United  States;  from 
the  commencement  of  the  Revolutionary  War  to  the 
present  time;  containing  detailed  accounts  of  all  the 
Interesting  Actions  of  the  Public  Vessels  of  the  United 
States  and  of  Privateers;  and  an  historical  view  of  the 
policy  and  acts  of  the  United  States  government,  rela- 
tive to  the  Naval  Establishment:  likewise  an  appendix, 
wherein  the  chief  part  of  the  important  documents  con- 
cerning the  Navy  are  collected.  By  Thomas  Clark,  U.  S. 
Topographical  Engineer.  i2mo,  xiv-177-xxxix  pp.  Phila- 
delphia.    Printed  for  M.  Carey.     1813. 

A  New  American  Biographical  Dictionary;  or,  Remem- 
brancer of  the  Departed  Heroes  &  Statesmen  of  America. 
Confined  exclusively  to  those  who  signalized  themselves 
in  either  .capacity,  in  the  Revolutionary  War  which  ob- 
tained the  Independence  of  their  Country.  Compiled 
from  the  best  publications.  By  Thomas  J.  Rogers.  "We 
are  reduced  to  the  alternative  of  choosing  an  uncondi- 
tional submission  to  the  tyranny  of  irritated  ministers  or 
resistance  by  force.  The  latter  is  our  choice.  We  have 
counted  the  cost  of  this  contest  and  found  nothing  so 
•  dreadful  as  voluntary  slavery."  Declaration  of  Congress, 
setting  forth  the  necessity  of  taking  up  arms — July  6, 
1775.  i2mo,  v-424  pp.  Easton,  Penn.:  Printed  and  pub- 
lished by  T.  J.  Rogers.     1813. 

Reissued,  Easton,  xii-352  pp.  1823.  Fourth  edition, 
i2mo,  400  pp.    Philadelphia:  Samuel  F.  Bradford.     1829. 


200  PAUL  JONES 

The  Columbian  Naval  Songster:  Being  a  collection  of  orig- 
inal Songs,  Odes,  Etc.,  composed  in  honour  of  the  Five 
Great  Naval  Victories,  obtained  by  Hull,  Jones,  Decatur, 
Bainbridge  and  Lawrence  over  British  ships,  &c.  Com- 
piled and  arranged  by  Edw.  Gillespy.  i2mo,  96  pp. 
(New  York:  N.  P.)     1813. 

The  Columbian  Naval  Melody;  a  Collection  of  Songs  and 
Odes,  composed  on  the  Late  Naval  Victories  and  other 
Occasions.  i2mo,  94  pp.  Boston:  Printed  by  Hans 
Lund.     1813. 

Historical  and  Literary  Memoirs  and  Anecdotes,  Selected 
from  the  Correspondence  of  Baron  de  Grimm  and  Dide- 
rot with  the  Duke  of  Saxe-Gotha,  between  the  years  1770 
and  1790.  Translated  from  the  French.  In  two  volumes. 
8vo,  xx-522;  v-496  pp.  London:  Printed  for  Henry 
Colburn,  Conduit  Street,  Hanover  Square.  Sold  also  by 
George  Goldie,  Edinburgh,  and  John  Gumming,  Dublin. 
1814. 

A    Compilation    of   Biographical    Sketches   of   Distinguished 

Officers    in    the    American    Navy,    with    other    Interesting 
Matters. 

"Fresh  leaves  of  martice  laurel  shall  shade  the  hero's 
grave. 

Who  dies  with  arm  uplifted  his  country's  rights  to 
save." 
By  Benjamin  Folsom.  8vo,  i88-(i)  pp.  Newburyport: 
Published  for  the  compiler,  and  for  sale  at  the  Newbury- 
port Bookstore,  No.  13  Cornhill,  and  by  Various  other 
Booksellers  in  the  United  States.  Horatio  G.  Allen, 
Printer.     1814. 

Desilver's  Naval  Almanac,  for  the  Year  of  Our  Lord  1814; 
Being  the  second  after  Leap  Year.  Calculated  by  Joshua 
Sharp.  Containing,  besides  the  usual  matter  of  an  Al- 
manac, some  interesting  particulars  relative  to  the  Navy  of 
the  United  States,  and  a  variety  of  useful  and  entertaining 
articles.  i2mo,  48  pp.  Philadelphia:  Published  by  Thomas 
Desilver,  No.  220  Market  Street. 
Short  biography  of  Paul  Jones. 

Eight  4-line  verses  entitled  "Paul  Jones."  London:  Broad- 
side. Printed  at  the  Catnach  Press,  by  W.  B.  F.  Footey. 
Monmouth     Court,     Bloomsburj'-,     oldest     and     cheapest 


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House  in  the  World  for  Ballads,  (4,000  sorts)  Children's 
Song  Books.     (Ca.  1814). 

Waverly;  or,  'Tis  Sixty  Years  since.  In  Three  Volumes. 
Under  which  King,  Benzonian?  Speak  or  die!  Henry 
IV.,  Part  II.  Sm.  8vo,  358;  370;  371  pages.  Edinburgh: 
Printed  by  James  Ballantyne  and  Co.  for  Archibald  Con- 
stable &  Co.  Edinburgh;  and  Longman,  Hurst,  Rees, 
Orme,  and  Brown.     London.     1814. 

Reference    to    the    excitement   in    Edinburgh    over   the 
appearance  of  Paul  Jones  at  Leith,  in  appendix. 

A  Selection  of  Miscellaneous  Pieces,  in  Prose  and  Verses,  to 

which  is  added  an  Historical  Sketch  of  the  French  Revo- 
lution, and  its  consequences.  From  its  commencement, 
A.  D.  1789.  to  the  Restoration  of  the  Family  of  Bourbon, 
A.  D.  1814.  By  M.  J.  Bigland.  i2mo,  (2)-3o6-(6)  pp. 
Doncaster:  Printed  and  Published  by  W.  Sheardown, 
High-street,  for  the  Editors.  1814. 
Paul  Jones,  pages  1-33. 

Collections  of  the  New  York  Historical  Society,  for  the  Year 

1814.     Vol.   II.     Haec  olim   meminisce   juvabit.     Sm.   4to, 
358-139  pp.   New   York:      Printed    by    Van    Winkle    and 
Wiley,  corner  of  Wall  and  New  Street.     1814. 
Paul  Jones,  page  52. 

The  History  of  the  Lives  and  Actions  of  the  Most  Famous 

Highwaymen,  Street-Robbers,  &c.,  &c.,  &c.  To  which  is 
added,  a  Genuine  Account  of  the  Voyages  and  Plunders 
of  the  most  Noted  Pirates.  By  Captain  Charles  John- 
son.    A  New  Edition. 

"...  Little  Villains  oft'  submit  to  fate. 

That  great  ones  may  enjoy  the  world  in  state." 

Garth. 
8vo,    viii-574   pp.     Edinburgh:     Printed    for   John    Thom- 
son,   Jun.    and    Co.,    Edinburgh;    Longman,    Hurst,    Rees, 
Orme,  and  Brown,  London;  and  John  Gumming,  Dublin. 
1814. 

Chapter  on  Paul  Jones,  pages  554  to  563. 

"Paul  Jones."  A  poem  of  eight  verses,  of  32  lines,  on  a 
Ballad    sheet,    with    wood-cut.  N.P.N.D.      (Ca.    1815). 

Paul  Jones:  A  Poetical  Broadside,  with  wood-cut.  Re- 
counts exploits.     Seven  Dials.     (London)     N.D.     (1815). 


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The  Interesting  Life,  Travels,  Voyages  and  Daring  Engage- 
ments of  the  Celebrated  Paul  Jones,  Containing  numer- 
ous Anecdotes  of  undaunted  Courage  in  the  Prosecution 
of  his  Bold  Enterprises,  To  which  is  added  the  song 
written  on  the  Engagement  between  the  "Good  Man 
Richard"  and  the  English  Frigate  "Serapis."  i2mo,  33 
pp.  New  York:  Published  by  Henry  Tyler.  1815. 
Folding  plate  in  colors. 

The  Naval  Monument,  containing  official  and  other  accounts 
of  all  the  Battles  fought  between  the  Navies  of  the 
United  States  and  Great  Britain  during  the  late  War;  and 
an  account  of  the  war  with  Algiers,  with  twenty-five  en- 
gravings. Register  of  the  United  States.  8vo,  xvi-316 
pp.  Boston:  Published  by  A.  Bowen,  and  sold  by  Cum- 
mings  and  Milliard,  No.  1  Cornhill.     1816. 

An  inquiry  into  the  merits  of  the  principal  naval  actions,  be- 
tween Great-Britain  and  the  United  States;  comprising 
an  account  of  all  British  and  American  ships  of  war, 
reciprocally  captured  and  destroyed,  since  the  18th  of 
June,  1812,  by  William  James.  "Truth  came  from  above, 
Falsehood  from  below."  Johnson.  8vo,  vi-102  pp. 
Halifax,  N.  S.  Printed  for  the  author,  by  Anthony  H. 
Holland,   Acadian   Recorder  Office.     1816. 

Reviews  the  "Serapis"  fight  in  the  introduction. 

Life  of  John  Paul  Jones.  The  Analectic  Magazine,  and 
Naval  Chronicle,  pages  1-29.     Philadelphia,  July  1816. 

Letters  of  Paul  Jones,  The  Analectic  Magazine,  pages  399- 
401.     Philadelphia,   November,    1816. 

Original  Correspondence,  Paul  Jones.  The  Edinburgh 
Magazine  and  Literary  Miscellany;  A  new  series  of  the 
Scots  Magazine,  pages  14-20.     Edinburgh,  August,  181 7. 

Contains  an  account  of  Paul  Jones,  and  copies  of  his 
letters  to  Lord  and  Lady  Selkirk,  Admiral  Vander  Capel- 
len,  and  of  letters  addressed  to  him  by  Benjamin  Frank- 
lin, the  Empress  Catherine  of  Russia,  and  Kosciuszko. 

Lives  of  the  British  Admirals:  Containing  an  accurate 
Naval  History  from  the  Earliest  Periods.  By  Dr.  John 
Campbell.  The  Naval  History  continued  to  the  year 
1779,  by  Dr.  Berkenhout.     A  New  Edition,  revised,  cor- 


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rected,  and  the  Historical  Part  further  continued  to  the 
year  1780.  by  the  late  Henry  Redhead  Yorke,  Esq.,  and 
further  continued  to  the  last  Expedition  against  Algiers 
in  1816,  with  the  Lives  of  the  most  Eminent  Naval  Com- 
manders from  the  Time  of  Dr.  Campbell  to  the  above 
Period.  By  William  Stevenson,  Esq.  In  8  volumes,  8vo, 
(43)-xx-4o8;  (2)-556;  (2)-526;  (i)-5i4;  (i)-525;  iv-(i)- 
522;  (i)-552;  (i)-389-i44  pp.  London:  Printed  for  C.  J. 
Barrington,  Strand,  and  J.  Harris,  corner  of  St.  Paul's 
Church  Yard.     1817. 

John  Paul  Jones,  pages  469-480,  Vol.  5. 

The  Interesting  Life,  Travels,  Voyages,  and  daring  engage- 
ments, of  that  celebrated  and  justly  renowned  Com- 
mander Paul  Jones,  containing  numerous  anecdotes  of 
undaunted  courage,  in  the  prosecution  of  his  various 
Enterprises.  Written  by  himself.  24mo,  64  pp.  Phila- 
delphia: Published  by  Robert  Desilver,  No.  no,  Walnut 
Street.     1817. 

The  Biography  of  the  principal  American  Military  and  Naval 

Heroes;  Comprehending  details  of  their  Achievements 
during  the  Revolutionary  and  Late  Wars.  Interspersed 
with  Authentic  Anecdotes  not  found  in  any  other  work. 
Embellished  with  portraits.  By  Thomas  Wilson,  of 
Philadelphia.  Assisted  by  Several  Literary  Gentlemen, 
in  different  parts  of  the  United  States;  and  carefully  col- 
lected from  the  most  authentic  sources.  Speak  of  man 
as  he  is,  in  the  language  of  truth,  and  not  of  adulation. 
In  two  volumes.  i2mo,  324;  320  pp.  New-York:  Printed 
and  Published  by  John  Low,  No.  139  Cherry-street.    1817. 

The    Biography    of    the    Principal    American    Military    and 

Naval  Heroes;  comprehending  details  of  their  Achieve- 
ments during  the  Revolutionary  and  Late  Wars.  Inter- 
spersed with  Authentic  Anecdotes  not  found  in  any  other 
work.  Embellished  with  Portraits.  By  Thomas  Wilson 
of  Philadelphia.  "Speak  of  man  as  be  is,  in  the  language 
of  Truth,  and  not  of  Adulation."  Second  edition,  revised. 
In  two  volumes.  i2mo,  360;  iv-5-336  pp.  New- York: 
Printed  and  Published  by  John  Low,  No.  159  Cherry- 
street.  1821. 
Reissued   1823, 

Full  and  correct  account  of  the  chief  Naval  Occurrences  of 
the  late  war  between  Great  Britain  and  the  United  States 


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of  America;  preceded  by  a  cursory  examination  of  the 
American  accounts  of  their  naval  actions  fought  previous 
to  that  period;  to  vvfhich  is  added  an  Appendix;  with 
plates.  By  William  James.  "Truth  is  always  brought  to 
light  by  time  and  reflection;  while  the  lie  of  the  day 
lives  by  bustle,  noise,  and  precipitation."  Murphy's  Taci- 
tus. B.ii.39.  8vo,  XV-S28  pp.,  ccxvi — Appendix  and  Index. 
London:  Printed  for  T.   Egerton,  Whitehall,   1817. 

Includes  his  view  of  the  "Serapis"  encounter  and  an 
attack  on  the  veracity  of  American  historical  writers. 

Sketches  of  the  Life  and  Character  of  Patrick  Henry.  By 
William  Wirt,  of  Richmond,  Virginia.  "In  quo  hoc  maxi- 
mum est,  quod  neque  ante  illim,  quem  ille  imitaretur, 
neque  post  ilium,  qui  eum  initari  posset,  inventus  est." 
Paterc.  lib.  i.  cap.  v.  8vo,  xv-427-xii-(i)  pp.  Philadelphia: 
Published  by  James  Webster,  No.  10  S.  Eighth  Street. 
William  Brown,  Printer,  Prune  Street.     1817. 

Reissued:  New  York,  1831;  8vo,  468  pp.,  Philadelphia, 
1844. 

The  Life  of  Paul  Jones,  containing  his  Travels,  Voyages, 
and  Daring  Engagements,  with  nufnerous  anecdotes  of 
undaunted  courage.  Second  Edition.  24mo,  60  pp.  Hart- 
ford: Printed  and  Published  by  B.  &  J.  Russell,  State 
Street.     1818. 

Memoirs  of  the  Life  and  Writings  of  Benjamin  Franklin, 
LL.D.,  F.R.S.,  &c.  Minister  Plenipotentiary  from  the 
United  States  of  America  to  the  Court  of  France,  and 
for  the  Treaty  of  Peace  and  Independence  with  Great 
Britain,  &c.,  &c.  Written  by  Himself  to  a  late  Period 
and  continued  to  the  time  of  his  Death,  by  his  Grand- 
son; William  Temple  Franklin.  Now  first  published 
from  the  original  MSS.  comprising  the  Private  Corre- 
spondence and  Public  Negotiations  of  Dr.  Franklin,  and 
a  Selection  from  his  Political,  Philosophical,  and  Mis- 
cellaneous Works.  Three  vols.,  4to,  x-450-lxxxviii; 
(i3)-449;  (7)-570  pp.  London:  Printed  for  Henry  Col- 
burn,  British  and  Foreign  Public  Library,  Conduit  Street. 
1818. 

Contains  the  first  admission  of  the  authorship  of  the 
"Boston  Chronicle"  supplement  of  "March  13,  1782."  with 
its  letter  signed  "Paul  Jones"  resenting  the  charge  of 
being  a  "pirate."     The  three  volumes  were  amplified  into 


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four  in  a  second  and  third  edition  the  same  year,  and 
volumes  5  and  6  were  added,  with  a  preface  to  Vol.  5,  un- 
der date  of  April  19,  1819.  These  two  last  volumes  cov- 
ered miscellanies  and  private  letters. 

Memoirs  of  the  Life  and  Writings  of  Benjamin  Franklin, 
LL.D.,  F.R.S.  Minister  Plenipotentiary  from  the  United 
States  cf  America  to  the  Court  of  France,  and  for  the 
Treaty  of  Peace  and  Independence  with  Great  Britain, 
&c.  Written  by  Himself,  to  a  Late  Period,  and  Continued 
to  the  Time  of  his  Death  by  his  Grandson,  William  Tem- 
ple Franklin.  Now  first  published  from  the  Original 
Manuscript,  Comprising  the  private  Correspondence  and 
public  negotiations  of  Dr.  Franklin:  Together  with  the 
whole  of  his  Political,  Philosophical  &  Miscellaneous 
Works.  8vo,  6  volumes,  xxi-sig;  xxxv-431;  v-477;  407; 
viii-434;  xxiii-564  pp.  Philadelphia:  Printed  by  T.  S. 
Manning.     1818. 

References  to  John  Paul  Jones:  Vol.  I,  pp.  412,  413, 
416,  421.     Vol.  V,  pp.  39,  88,  322.     Vol.  VI,  p.  358. 

Supplement  to  The  Boston  Chronicle,  March  13,  1782.  Folio. 
2   pages.     Philadelphia:     1818. 

The  reprint  issued  with  memoirs,  etc.,  of  Franklin, 
1818.  Contains  the  two-column  letter  signed  "John  Paul 
Jones,  whom  you  are  pleased  to  stile  a  pirate,"  in  which 
the  writer  fully  and  forcibly  defines  piracy,  its  causes, 
etc. 

Memoirs  sur  la  vie  et  les  ecrits  de  Benjamin  Franklin,  Doc- 
teur  en  droit,  Membre  de  la  Societe  Royale  de  Londres 
et  de  I'Academie  des  Sciences  des  Paris;  Ministre  pleni- 
pententiaire  des  Etats  Unis  d'Amerique,  a  la  cour  de 
France,  etc.,  etc.;  Publics  sur  le  manuscrit  originae  re- 
dige  par  lui  meme  en  grand  partie,  et  continui  jusqu'a  sa 
morte.  Par  William  Temple  Franklin,  son  petit-fils.  Avec 
un  Portrait  de  B.  Franklin.  Three  Vols.  8vo.  (io)-39o; 
435;  (i6)-4io  pp.  A  Paris,  Chez  Treuttel  et  Wurtz,  Li- 
braires,  rue  de  Bourbon,  No.  17;  Et  a  Strasbourg,  meme 
Maison  de  Commerce.  A  Londres,  Chez  H.  Colburne,  50 
Conduit  Street,  New-Bond.     1818. 

Memoirs  of  the   Life   and  Writings   of   Benjamin   Franklin, 

LL.D.,  F.R.S.,  &c.  Minister  Plenipotentiary  from  the 
United  States  of  America  at  the  Court  of  France,  and  for 
the  Treaty  of  Peace  and  Independence  with  Great  Brit- 


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ain,  &c.,  &c.  Written  by  Himself  to  a  late  period,  and 
continued  to  the  time  of  his  Death,  by  his  Grandson, 
William  Temple  Franklin.  Comprising  the  Private  Cor- 
respondence and  Public  Negotiations  of  Dr.  Franklin, 
and  his  select  Political,  Philosophical  and  Miscellaneous 
Works.  Published  from  the  Original  MSS.  In  six  vol- 
umes. New  Edition.  8vo,  xii-541;  450;  456;  xvi-493;  xii- 
392;  viii-523  pp.  London:  Published  for  Henry  Colburn, 
by  R.  Bently,  New  Burlington  Street.     1833. 

Correspondence    of   Paul   Jones.     The    Analectic    Magazine, 
pages    227-235,    Philadelphia,    March,    1818. 

Biographic  Universelle  Ancienne  Et  Modeme,  Histoire,  Par 

Ordre  Alphabetique,  De  La  Vie  Publique  Et  privee  De 
Leurs  Actions,  Leurs  Talents,  Leurs  Vertus  Ou  Leurs 
Crimes  Revue,  Corrigee  Et  Considerablement  Augmentee 
D'Articles  Omis  Ou  Nouveaux  Ouvrage  Redige  Par  Una 
Societe  De  Gens  De  Lettres  Et  De  Savants 

On  doit  des  egards  aux  vivants;  on  ne  doit  aux  morts 
que  la  verite. 

Voltaire. 
Tome    XXL     Paris:     Chez    Madame    C.    Desplaces,    Edi- 
teur-Proprietaire  De  La  Deuxieme  Edition  De  La  Biog- 
raphie  Universelle,  Rue  De  Verneuil  52,  et  Leipzic   Lib- 
rairie    De    F.    A.    Brockhaus.     N.D.     (1818). 

Sketch  of  Paul  Jones  by  Dezos  de  la  Roquette,  pages 
548-49. 

An  Appeal  to  the  Government  and  Congress  of  the  United 

States,  against  the  Depredations  committed  by  American 
Privateers,  on  the  Commerce  of  Nations  at  Peace  with 
us.     By  an  American   Citizen. 

"I  do  not  wish  to  see  a  new  Barbary  rising  in  Amer- 
ica, and  our  long-extended  Coast  occupied  by  piratical 
States.  I  fear  lest  our  privateering  successes  in  the  two 
last  wars,  should  already  have  given  our  people  too 
strong  a  relish  for  that  most  mischievous  kind  of  gaining 
mixed  with  blood;  and  if  a  stop  is  not  put  to  the  practice, 
mankind  may  hereafter  be  more  plagued  with  American 
corsairs,  than  they  have  been  or  are  with  Turkish."  Dr. 
Franklin's  Letter  to  David  Hartley,  Esq.,  May  8,  1783. 
Private  correspondence,  page  530.  8vo,  viii-ioo  pp. 
New  York:   Printed  for  the   Booksellers.     1819. 

Paul  Jones,  page  32. 


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The  Life,  Voyages  and  Sea  Battles  of  that  Celebrated  Sea- 
man, Commodore  Paul  Jones,  still  remembered  by  some 
of  the  old  Inhabitants  now  living  in  VVapping,  he  being 
originally  in  the  Coal  Trade,  in  which  are  contained  a  Va- 
riety of  Important  Facts,  displaying  the  Revolutions  of 
Fortune  that  this  Naval  Adventurer  underwent.  i2mo, 
24  pp.  Derby:  Published  by  Thomas  Richardson.  N.D.' 
(Ca.   1820). 

Senate  of  the  United  States.  January  26,  1820.  Report  of 
The  Committee  on  Claims,  on  the  petition  of  James  War- 
ren.    8vo,  3  pp. 

Warren  was  a  Lieutenant  on  the  "Alliance"  under 
Capt.^  Peter  Landais.  His  claim  grew  out  of  the  sale  of 
certain  prizes  at  Bergen  in  Norway,  during  the  1779 
cruise  of  Paul  Jones's  fleet. 

History  of  Paul  Jones,  The  Pirate.  (Cut  of  brig  under  sail). 
i6mo,  24  pp.  Glasgow:  Printed  for  the  Booksellers. 
N.D.     (Ca.  1820.) 

An  account  of  the  Black  Hole  of  Calcutta  included. 

Generosity  of  Paul  Jones.  The  Repository  of  Arts,  Litera- 
ture. Fashions,  Manufactures,  &c.  The  Second  Series. 
Pages  314-317-     London,  May  i,   1820. 

Paul  Jones.  The  Repository  of  Arts,  Literature,  Fashions, 
Manufactures,  &c.  The  Second  Series.  Pages  25-28. 
London,  July  i,  1820. 

Nurse  Dandlem's  Little  Repository  of  Great  Instruction,  for 

All  who  would  be  Good  and  Noble.  Containing,  among 
other  interesting  Particulars,  the  surprising  Adventures  of 
Little  Wake  Wilful,  and  his  happy  Deliverance  from 
Giant  Grumbolumbo.  Ornamented  with  cuts.  48mo,  31 
pp.  Willington:  Printed  and  sold  by  F.  Houlston  and 
Son.  N.D.  (Ca.  1820).  Price  two-pence. 
Paul  Jones,  pages  12-13. 

Secret  Journals  of  the  Acts  and  Proceedings  of  Congress, 

From  the  first  Meeting  thereof  to  the  dissolution  of  the 
Confederation,  by  the  adoption  of  the  Constitution  of  the 
United  States.  Published  under  the  direction  of  the 
President  of  the  United  States  conformably  to  Resolu- 
tion of  Congress  of  March  27,   1818,  and  April  21,   1820. 


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8vo,  4  vols.  464;  587;  614;  454  pp.  Boston:  Printed  and 
Published  by  Thomas   B.   Wait.     1820-1821. 

Wonderful  Characters,  comprising  Memoirs  and  Anecdotes 

of  the  most  Remarkable  Persons  of  Every  Age  and  Na- 
tion. Collected  from  the  most  Authentic  Sources,  by 
Henry  Wilson. 

"Together  let  us  beat  this  ample  field 
Try  what  the  open,  what  the  covert,  yield; 
The    latent    tracts,    the    giddy    heights    explore 
Of  all  who  blindly  creep  and  sightless  soar; 
Eye  Nature's  walks,  shoot  folly  as  it  flies. 
And  catch  the  manners  living  as  they  rise; 
Laugh  where  we  must,  be  candid  where  we  can, 
But  vindicate  the  ways  of  God  to  man." 

Pope's  Essay  on  Man. 
Three  vols.,  8vo,  496;   480;   470  pp.     London:   J.   Robins 
and  Co.  Albion  Press,  Ivy  Lane,  Paternoster-Row.     1821. 
"Paul   Jones,   the   Pirate,"   pages  273-310. 

Anecdotes  of  the  Revolutionary  War  in  America.  With 
Sketches  on  Character  of  Persons  the  most  distinguished 
in  the  Southern  States,  for  Civil  and  Military  services. 
By  Alexander  Garden,  of  Lee's  Partisan  Legion;  Aid-de- 
Camp  to  Major  General  Greene;  and  Honorary  Member 
of  the  Historical  Society  of  New  York. 

"I    cannot   but   remember   such   things   were " 

Shakespeare. 
Two     vols.       i2mo,     vii-i88-xxxii-v;     189-438-xxxii-v     pp. 
Charleston:  Printed  for  the  Author,  By  A.  E.  Miller,  No. 
4,  Broad-street.     1822. 

Anecdotes  of  the  American  Revolution.  Illustrative  of  the 
Talents  and  Virtues  of  the  Heroes  and  Patriots  who 
acted  the  most  conspicuous  parts  therein.  By  Alexander 
Garden  of  Lee's  Legion.     Second  Series. 

"For  their  commendation  I   am  fed 
It  is  a  banquet  to  me." 

Shakespeare. 
i2mo,  ix-223-vi  pp.     Charleston:  Printed  by  A.  E.  Miller, 
No.  4  Broad-street.     1828. 

Anecdotes  of  the  American  Revolution.  Illustrative  of  the 
Talents  and  Virtues  of  the  Heroes  of  the  Revolution  who 
acted  the  most  conspicuous  parts  therein.     By  Alexander 


BIBLIOGRAPHY  209 

Garden,  of  Lee's  Legion.  Three  volumes.  4to,  vii-i88- 
xxxii-v;  189  to  438-xxxii-v;  ix-223-vi  pp.  Reprinted. 
Brooklyn,  New  York.     1865. 

Edited  by  Thomas  W.  Field.  Edition  of  150  copies, 
of  which  30  were  on  large  paper.  Issued  at  the  Union 
Press,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

The  Interesting  Life,  Travels,  Voyages  and  Daring  Engage- 
ments of  the  Celebrated  Paul  Jones;  Containing  numer- 
ous Anecdotes  of  Undaunted  Courage,  in  the  Prosecution 
of  his  bold  Enterprises.  To  which  is  added,  the  Song 
written  on  the  Engagement  between  the  "Good  Man 
Richard"  and  the  English  frigate  "Serapis."  i2mo,  28  pp. 
New  York:     W.  Borradaile.     1822. 

With  fine  folding  plate  of  Jones  shooting  Lt.  Grubb 
(interesting  specimen  of  American  engraving).  The  title 
calls  for  "A  Song  written  on  the  Engagement,"  but  there 
is  no  indication  that  it  was  ever  issued  with  the  volume. 

Biographical    Sketches    of    Distinguished    American    Naval 

Heroes  in  the  War  of  the  Revolution,  between  the  Amer- 
ican Republic  and  the  Kingdom  of  Great  Britain;  com- 
prising sketches  of  Com.  Nicholas  Biddle,  Com.  John  Paul 
Jones,  Com.  Edward  Preble,  and  Com.  Alexander  Mur- 
ray. With  incidental  Allusions  to  other  Distinguished 
Characters. 

"Patriots  have  toil'd,  and  in  their  country's  cause 

Bled  nobly;  and  their  deeds  as  they  deserve 

Receive  proud  recompense." 

.  .  .  "The  historic  muse. 

Proud  of  the  treasure,  marches  with  it  down 

To  latest  times." 
By  S.    Putnam   Waldo,    Esq.     Author  of  the   'Journal   of 
Robbins,'    'Tour    of    Monroe,* — 'Memoirs    of    Jackson,' — 
'Life  of  Decatur,'  &c.     8vo,  392  pp.     Hartford:     Published 
by  Silas  Andrus.     1823. 

Biographical  sketch  of  Com.  John  Paul  Jones,  pages 
75-142. 

Journals  of  the  American  Congress  from  1774  to  1788.  Com- 
plete in  Four  volumes,  8vo.     Washington:     1823. 

Memoirs  of  the  Private  Life  of  Marie  Antoinette,  Queen  of 
France    and    Navarre,    to    which    is    added    Recollections, 


2IO  PAUL  JONES 

Sketches,  and  Anecdotes  Illustrative  of  the  Reigns  of 
Louis  XIV,  Louis  XV  and  Louis  XVI.  By  Madame 
Campan,  First  Femme  de  Chambre  to  the  Queen.  In 
Two  Volumes.  8vo,  447-xlvii;  (s)-462  pp.  London: 
Printed  for  Henry  Colburn  and  Co.  and  M.  Bossange  and 
Co.     1823. 

Reissued,   Henry  Colburn,   1824. 

Memoirs  Sur  La  Vie  Privee  De  Marie-Antoinette,  Reine  de 

France  et  de  Navarre;  suivis  de  Souvenirs  et  Anecdotes 
Historiques  sur  les  Regnes  de  Louis  XIV,  de  Louis  XV 
et  de  Louis  XVI.  Par  Mme.  Campan,  Lectrice  de  Mes- 
dames,  Et  Premiere  Femme  de  Chambre  de  la  Reine. 
Deuxieme  Edition.  8vo,  2  volumes.  382;  384  pp.  Paris, 
Baudouin  Freres,  Libraires,  Rue  de  Vaugirard,  No.  36. 
1823. 

Memoires  Sur  La  Vie  Privee  De  Marie-Antoinette,  Reine  de 

France  Et  De  Navarre;  Suivis  De  Souvenirs  Et  Anec- 
dotes Historiques  Sur  Les  Regnes  De  Louis  XIV,  De 
Louis  XV  Et  De  Louis  XVI,  Par  Madame  Campan, 
Premiere  Femme  de  Chambre  de  la  Reine;  Publics  et 
Mis  en  Ordre.  Par  F.  Barrere.  Three  vols.  8vo, 
xlvii-380;  400;  385  pp.  Cinquieme  Edition.  Paris  Bau- 
douin Freres,  Libraires,  Rue  De  Vaugirard,  No.  17.     1826. 

Royal  naval  biography;  or,  Memoirs  of  the  Services  of  all 
the  flag-officers,  superannuated  rear-admirals,  retired-cap- 
tains, post-captains,  and  commanders.  Whose  names  ap- 
peared on  the  Admiralty  List  of  Sea  Officers  at  the  com- 
mencement of  the  present  year,  or  who  have  since  been 
promoted;  Illustrated  by  a  Series  of  historical  and  ex- 
planatory notes,  Which  will  be  found  to  contain  an  ac- 
count of  all  the  naval  actions,  and  other  important  events, 
from  the  Commencement  of  the  late  reign  in  1760,  to  the 
present  period.  With  copious  addenda.  By  John  Mar- 
shall (B),  Lieutenant  in  the  Royal  Navy.  "Failures,  how- 
ever frequent,  may  admit  of  extenuation  and  apology.  To 
have  attempted  much  is  always  laudable,  even  when  the 
enterprise  is  above  the  strength  that  undertakes  it.  To 
deliberate  whenever  I  doubted,  to  enquire  whenever  I  was 
ignorant,  would  have  protracted  the  undertaking  without 
end,  and  perhaps  without  improvement.  I  saw  that  one 
enquiry  only  gave  occasion  to  another,  that  book  re- 
ferred  to   book,   that   to    search  was   not   always   to   find, 


BIBLIOGRAPHY  211 

and  to  find  was  not  always  to  be  informed;  and  that  thus 
to  pursue  perfection,  was,  like  the  first  inhabitants  of  Ar- 
cadia, to  chace  the  sun,  which,  when  they  had  reached 
the  hill  above  where  he  seemed  to  rest,  was  still  beheld  at 
the  same  distance  from  them."  Johnson.  Six  vols.  8vo. 
xiv-883;  1019;  Pt.  I.  326;  Pt.  II,  456;  Pt.  I,  434;  Pt.  II, 
456;  Pt.  I,  434;  Pt.  II,  538;  Pt.  I,  482;  Pt.  II,  484;  Pt.  I,  414; 
Pt.  II,  458  pp.  (The  last  2  vols,  form  "The  Supplement 
Pts.  I.,  II.,  III.,  IV."  Published  in  parts,  1823-1825).  Lon- 
don: Printed  for  Longman,  Hurst,  Rees,  Orme,  and 
Brown,  Paternoster  Row.     1823. 

The  Weekly  Entertainer;  and  West  of  England  Miscellany: 

from  Monday,  January  5,  to  Monday,  June  28,  1824.  Vol. 
IX  new  series.  8vo,  396  pp.  Sherborne:  Printed  by 
Harker  and   Penny,  Mercury-Office. 

On  pp.  343-347  (the  latter  misprinted  247)  is  an  article 
entitled  "Sketches  of  Paul  Jones." 

"Anecdote  of  Paul  Jones,"  Collections,  Historical  and  Mis- 
cellaneous; and  Monthly  Literary  Journal.  Page  99. 
Published  by  Jacob  B.  Moore,  Concord,  N.  H.  Vol,  III. 
March,  1824. 

The  United  States'  Naval  Chronicle.     "Sustentans  et  susten- 

tatus."     By  Charles  W.  Goldsborough.     Vol.  I.     8vo,  395- 

xii.     Washington  City:     Printed  by  James  Wilson.     1824. 

Includes  sketch  of  Paul  Jones.     Vol.  I,  all  published. 

The  Atlantic  Magazine.  New  York:  E.  Bliss  &  E.  White, 
Printer,  2  Thames-Street.     1824. 

Letter  of  Paul  Jones  to  the  Countess  of  Selkirk,  writ- 
ten on  Board  the  "Ranger,"  Brest,  8th  May,  1778.  Pp. 
318-320. 

Letter  of  Paul  Jones  to  the  American  Commissioners 
at  Paris.     Brest,  May  27,  1778. 

Sketches  of  Paul  Jones.  The  London  Magazine,  pages  492- 
499.     London,  May,  1824. 

Paul  Jones.  The  London  Magazine,  pages  629-630.  London, 
June,  1824. 

The  Monument  of  Patriotism,  being  a  collection  of  Bio- 
graphical Sketches  of  the  Lives  and  Characters  of  some 


212  PAUL  JONES 

of  those  men  who  signed  the  Independence  of  America; 
and  brief  sketches  of  many  other  Eminent  Statesmen, 
also,  Generals  and  Heroes  who  fought  and  bled  in  the 
Revolutionary  War,  and  also,  the  most  prominent  charac- 
ters of  the  Late  War  with  Great  Britain.  To  which  is 
annexed  the  Declaration  of  Independence  in  1776,  and 
George  Washington's  farewell  Address.  An  eulogium 
on  the  character  of  General  George  Washington.  Com- 
piled from  the  most  authentic  and  approved  authors,  by 
John  Royer.  A  new  edition.  i2mo,  vii-27S  pp.  Potts- 
town:    Published    by   John    Royer.     1825. 

Biographia  Americana;  or,  A  Historical  and  Critical  Ac- 
count of  the  Lives,  Actions,  and  Writings,  of  the  most 
Distinguished  Persons  in  North  America;  from  the  first 
settlement  to  the  present  time. 

"If  within  the  memory  of  man,  or  the  compass  of  his- 
tory, any  class  of  individuals  have  merited,  beyond  others, 
the  honours  and  rewards  of  their  contemporaries,  the  grati- 
tude of  posterity,  and  the  admiration  of  the  world,  it  is 
those  who,  unmoved  by  difficulty,  danger,  and  misfortune, 
directed  the  councils,  and  led  to  victory  the  arms  of 
their  country,  in  the  long  and  sanguinary  contest,  which 
resulted  in  the   Independence  of  the  United   States." 

"No  study  can  be  more  useful  to  the  ingenuous  youth 
of  the  United  States,  than  that  of  their  own  history,  nor 
any  examples  more  interesting,  or  more  safe  for  their  con- 
templation, than  those  of  the  great  founders  of  the  re- 
public."— Tudor's  Life  of  Otis.  By  a  Gentleman  of 
Philadelphia.  8vo,  vii-356  pp.  New- York:  Published  by 
D.  Mallory,  1825.     Hopkins  &  Morris,  Printers. 

Written  by   Benjamin  Franklin  French. 

Memoir  of  the  Life  of  Richard  Henry  Lee,  and  his  Corre- 
spondence with  the  most  Distinguished  men  in  America 
and  Europe,  illustrative  of  their  Character  and  of  the 
Events  of  the  American  Revolution.  By  his  Grandson, 
Richard  H.  Lee,  of  Leesburg,  Virginia.  In  two  volumes. 
8vo,  299;  238  pp.  Philadelphia:  H.  C.  Carey  and  J.  Lea, 
Chestnut    Street.     William   Brown,    Printer.     1825. 

Life  of  Commodore  John  Paul  Jones  and  Memoirs  of  Captain 

Nathaniel  Fanning,  who  served  during  part  of  the  Ameri- 
can   Revolution,    and    died    in    the    service    of   the    United 


BIBLIOGRAPHY  213 

States,  at  Charleston,  South  Carolina.  i2mo,  247  pp.  Lex- 
ington, Ky.:  Printed  by  W.  Johnson.     1825. 

The  Life,  Voyages  &  Sea  Battles  of  the  Celebrated  Pirate, 

Commodore  Paul  Jones,  in  which  are  contained  a  variety 
of  important  facts  displaying  the  revolutions  of  fortune, 
which  this  naval  adventurer  underwent.  Accurately  com- 
piled from  Authentic  Documents.  New  Ed.  i2mo,  24 
pp.  Bradford,  Yorkshire:  Walker  &  Scarlet.  N.D. 
(1825). 

Memoires    De    Lekain,    Precedes    De    Reflexions    Sur    Get 

Acteur  Et  Sur  L'Art  Theatral  Par  M.  Talma.  8vo, 
lxviii-439  pp.  A  Paris:  Chez  Etienne  Ledoux,  Li- 
braire,  Rue  Guenegano,  No.  9.     1825. 

Memoires  Inedits  De  Madame  La  Comtesse  De  Genlis,  Sur 

Le  Dix-Huitieme  Siecle  et  La  Revolution  Francoise  De- 
puis  1756  Jusqu'  A  Nos  Jours.  Deuxieme  Edition.  Eight 
volumes.  8vo,  (27)-38i;  xx-381;  xxiii-374;  xi-369;  xvi-375; 
xi-367;  xii-387;  xi-367  pp.  A  Paris,  Chez  Ladvocat.  Li- 
braire  De  S.  A.  R.  Monseigneur  Le  Due  De  Chartres,  Au 
Palais-Royal,  M,  DCCC,  XXV. 

Life  and  Character  of  the  Chevalier  John  Paul  Jones,  a  Cap- 
tain in  the  Navy  of  the  United  States  during  their  Revo- 
lutionary War.  Dedicated  to  the  officers  of  the  American 
Navy.  By  John  Henry  Sherburne,  Register  of  the  Navy 
of  the  United  States.  Spectimur  agendo— "Let  us  be 
tried  by  our  actions."  8vo,  viii-387  pp.  City  of  Wash- 
ington: 1825.  Sold  by  Wilder  &  Campbell,  New  York; 
and  at  the  Principal  Book-stores  in  the  United  States. 
Vanderpool  &  Cole,  Printers,  N.  Y. 
Frontispiece  portrait  by  C.  W.  Peale. 

Life  and  Character  of  the  Chevalier  John  Paul  Jones.     The 

United  States  Literary  Gazette,  pages  51-60,  Boston, 
October,    1825. 

A  review  of  Sherburne's  Life  of  Jones,  1825.  Holds  the 
book  is  not  a  good  life,  not  full;  gives  a  letter  from  some 
one  who  claims  to  have  known  John  Paul  Jones.  He 
has  read  this  life  and  adds  in  the  letter  many  facts,  he 
says  were  told  him  by  J.  P.  J. 


214  PAUL  JONES 

John  Paul  Jones.  Actions  in  Command.  The  North  Amer- 
ican Review,  pages  6-12,  Boston,  July,  1825.  (Review  of 
Sherburne). 

Review  of  Sherburne's  "Life  and  Character  of  the  Chevalier 

John  Paul  Jones."  The  European  Magazine,  pages  64-68. 
London,  September,  1825. 

The   Life   of  Paul  Jones,   from  Original   Documents  in  the 

possession  of  John  Henry  Sherburne,  Esq.  Register  of 
the  Navy  of  the  United  States.  i2mo,  ix-320  pp.  Lon- 
don:   John    Murray,   Albemarle   Street.     MDCCCXXV. 

Written    by    Benjamin    Disraeli,    afterward    Earl    Bea- 
consfield.      His    first    book.     Adapted    from    Sherburne. 

The  Life  of  Paul  Jones.  The  Monthly  Review,  pages  48-59. 
London,  September.   1825. 

A  Review  of  the  Disraeli  version  of  Sherburne's  Life 
of  Paul  Jones. 

Het  Leven  van  Paul  Jones,  uit  oorspronkelijke  stukken 
opgemaakt,  in  bezit  van  John  Henry  Sherburne,  Secre- 
taris  der  Marine  van  de  Vereenigde  Staten.  Uit  het 
Engelsch.  8vo,  xii-282  pp.  Te  Groningen,  Bij.  W.  Van 
Boekeren.      1829. 

The  Life  and  Character  of  John  Paul  Jones  a  Captain  in  the 

United  States  Navy  during  the  Revolutionary  War.  By 
John  Henry  Sherburne,  author  of  "The  European  Tourists 
Guide;"  "Naval  Sketches;"  "Erratic  Poems;"  "Etiquette;" 
"Osceola,  a  Tragedy;"  "John  Adams'  Administration,  from 
1797  to  1801,"  &c.,  &c.  "Spectemur  agendo," — Let  us  be 
tried  by  our  actions.  Second  Edition.  8vo,  xvi-408  pp. 
New  York:  Adriance,  Sherman  &  Co.,  Publishers,  No.  2 
Astor  House.     MDCCCLL 

Review   of  the   "Life   and   Character  of   Paul   Jones."     The 

Democratic  Review,  Vol.  30,  pp.  153-168.    New  York,  1852. 

American  Military  Biography;  Containing  the  Lives,  Char- 
acters and  Anecdotes  of  the  Officers  of  the  Revolution, 
who  were  most  distinguished  in  achieving  our  National 
Independence.  Also  the  Life  of  Gilbert  Motier  La 
Fayette,  Major  General  in  the  Continental  Army,  Marshal 
of  France   and   Commander    in     Chief    of    the    National 


BIBUOGRAPHY  215 

Guards.     In  two  parts.     i2mo,  xxiii-240-186  pp.     Printed 
for  Subscribers.     (By  Roberts  &  Burr)   New  York:  1825. 
Frontispiece  on  copper  by  E.  Tisdale.     Reissue:  i2mo, 
xiii-24-431  pp.     New  York:  Cooke  &  Co.     1826. 

The  Biography  of  the  American  Military  and  Naval  Heroes 

of  the  Revolutionary  and  Late  Wars,  with  Authentic 
Anecdotes  found  in  no  other  work.  Embellished  with 
Six  Portraits.  Speak  of  Man  as  he  is,  in  the  Language 
of  Truth,  and  not  adulation.  In  two  volumes.  i2mo. 
370;  336  pp.  Published  and  sold  by  P.  M.  Davis,  Late  of 
the  Army.     New  York.     1826. 

John  Paul  Jones,  pp.   110-131,  Vol.   I. 

Paul  Jones.     The   Mirror.     New  York,   Dec.  30,    1826. 

Lafayette-Jones.     Professor  Wentworth's  Magazine.     1826. 

Memoirs  of  the  Historical  Society  of  Pennsylvania.  8vo, 
Part  I,  228  pp.;  Part  II,  432  pp.  Philadelphia:  Published 
by  McCarty  and  Davis,  No.  171   High  Street.     1826. 

Memoirs  of  the  Historical  Society  of  Pennsylvania,     Being 

a  Republication  Edited  by  Edward  Armstrong,  Member 
of  the  Historical  Society  of  Pennsylvania.  8vo,  494  pp. 
Philadelphia:  J.  B.  Lippincott  &  Co.     1864. 

The  Life  of  Paul  Jones,  the  Pirate,  one  of  the  principal  char- 
acters in  the  celebrated  Novel,  "The  Pilot,"  by  Sir  Walter 
Scott,  Bart.  With  some  highly  interesting  particulars  of 
Captain  Gustavus  Cunningham,  another  Pirate,  contem- 
porary with  Paul  Jones.  Compiled  from  the  London 
Gazette,  and  other  Authentic  sources.  i2mo,  24  pp.  Lon- 
don: Printed  by  and  for  Hodgson  &  Co.,  No.  10,  Newgate 
Street.      N.D.      (1826). 

Very  spirited  colored  folding  plate,  "Shooting  of 
Lieut.  Grub  for  endeavoring  to  lower  the  American  flag 
to  the  'Serapis.' " 

Paul   Jones   Der   Kiihne   Seeman   und    Griinder   der   Ameri- 

kanischen  Marine  nach  Original  papieren  geschildert.  Aus 
dem  Englischen.  "Mein  Bestreden  ist,  in  den  Blattern 
der  Geschichte  mir  Ehre,  mir  Achtung  zu  sichern."  Von 
XV.  i6mo,  266  pp.  Leipzig:  bei  Adolph  Weinbrod. 
1826. 


2i6  PAUL  JONES 

Paul  Jones;  a  Romance.  By  Allen  Cunningham,  author  of 
"Sir   Marmaduke   Maxwell,"  "Traditional  Tales,"   &c. 

Success,  the  mark  no  mortal  wit 

Or  surest   hand,   can   always   hit: 

For  whatsoe'er  we  perpetrate 

We  do  but  now,  we're  steer'd  by  Fate, 

Which   in   Success   oft   disinherits. 

For  spurious  causes,  noblest  merits. 

Butte. 
In  three  volumes.     i2mo,   380;  372;   371   pp.     Edinburgh: 
Published   by   Oliver  and   Boj'^d;    Longman,   Rees,    Orme, 
Brown  &  Green,  London.     1826. 

Paul  Jones;  a  Romance.  By  Allen  Cunningham,  author  of 
"Sir   Marmaduke   Maxwell,"  "Traditional   Tales,"   &c. 

Success,  the  mark  no  mortal  wit. 

Or  surest  hand,  can  always  hit: 

For  whatsoe'er  we  perpetrate 

We  do  but  now,  we're  steer'd  by  Fate, 

Which  in   Success   oft   disinherits. 

For  spurious  causes,  noblest  merits. 

Butte. 
In  Three  Volumes,   Cr.  8vo.  256;  248;  249  pages.     Phila- 
delphia.   H.  C.  Carey  &  F.  Lea.  Chestnut  Street.     Sold  by 
G.  &  C.  Carvill,  New  York;  Hilliard,  Gray  &  Co.,  Boston. 
1827. 

Paul  Jones,  der  Seerauber  fur  America's  Freheit.  Von  Allan 
Cunningham. 

Gliick   dieses    Ziel    trifft    der   Verstand 

Nicht  immer,  nicht  die  sichre  Hand, 

Denn,  was  man  auch  zu  Stande  bringt 

Wir  rudern  nur,   das  Schicksal  lenkt, 

Das  oft  enterbt  wer  Gliick  verdient, 

Und  haufig  nur  das  Schlecht  'ste  kront. 

Butler. 
Aus  dem  Englischen.     Three  vols.    8vo.  410;  410;  390;  400 
pp.     Stuttgart,  bei  Gebriider  Fransch.     1827. 

Naval  Sketch-book;  or,  the  Service  Afloat  and  Ashore;  with 
characteristic  reminiscences,  fragments,  and  opinions  on 
professional,  colonial,  and  political  subjects;  interspersed 
with  copious  notes,  biographical,  historical,  critical,  and 
illustrative.  By  An  Officer  of  rank.  In  two  volumes. 
8vo,  XX-241;  vi-286  pp.     London:    Printed  for  the  author; 


BIBLIOGRAPHY  217 

and    sold    by    H.    Colburn;    Geo.    B.    Whittaker;    Simpkin 
&  Marshall,  and  all  booksellers.     1826. 

Written   by    Capt.    William    Nugent   Glascock. 

Discovery    of    Letters    of    John    Paul    Jones.      The    North 
American   Review,  pages  292-294.     Boston,   October,   1826. 

Paul  Jones:  A  Melodramatic  Romance  in  Three  Acts      By 

Ihomas  Dibdin,  Esq.  Author  of  The  Cabinet,  The  Two 
Gregones,  The  Lady  of  the  Lake.  Ivanhoe,  The  English 
^leet.  The  Jew  and  the  Doctor,  Don  Giovanni  &c 
Printed  from  the  Acting  Copy,  with  Remarks,  Biographi- 
cal and  Critical,  By  D.— G.  To  which  are  added  a  De- 
scription of  the  Costume.— Cast  of  the  Characters —En- 
trances and  Exits,— Relative  Positions  of  the  Performers 
on  the  Stage,— And  the  Whole  of  the  Stage  Business 
As  performed  at  the  Theatres  Royal.  London.  Embel- 
lished with  a  Fine  Engraving,  By  Mr.  Bonner,  from  a 
Drawing  taken  in  the  Theatre,  by  Mr.  R.  Cruickshank. 
i6mo,  62  pp.  London:  John  Cumberland,  6,  Brecknock 
Place,  Camden  New  Town.     N.D. 

Paul  Jones:    A  Melodramatic  Romance  in  Three  Acts      By 

Thomas   Dibdin.     Author   of  The   Cabinet,   The   Lady  of 
the  Lake,  The  Jew  and  the  Doctor.  Suil  Dhuv  the  Coiner 

I  he  Sixes,  The  Man  and  the  Marquis,  The  English  Fleet' 
Humphrey    Clinker,    Paul    Jones.    The    Ruffian    Boy    The 
Two  Gregories,  The  Fate  of  Calais,  Valentine  and  Orson, 
&c.     Printed  from  the  Acting  Copy,  with  Remarks,  Bio- 
graphicaj  and  Critical,  By  D.-G.     To  which  are  added  a 
Description   of  the    Costume,-Cast   of  the    Characters - 
Entrances    and    Exits.— Relative    Positions    of    the    Per- 
formers on  the  Stage,— And  the  Whole  of  the  Stage  Busi- 
^^' u  n'^l  Pf '■fo^^ed  at  the  Metropolitan  Minor  Theatres 
Embellished    with    a    Fine    Engraving,    By    Mr.    Bonner 
from  a  Drawing  taken  in  the  Theatre,  by  Mr    R    Cruik- 
shank.      i6mo     62    pp.      London:    John    Cumberland,    2, 
Cumberland    Terrace,    Camden    New   Town       N  D       CCa 
1827).  ■         ■    ■      ^ 

Memoires  Ou  Souvenirs  Et  Anecdotes  Par  M.  Le  Comte 
Ue  Segur,  De  L'Academie  Francaise,  Pair  De  France- 
Ornes  De  Son  Portrait,  D'un  Fac  Simile  De  Son  Ecriture 
iiK".„^°I,*'"^'*  ^^  LTmperatrice  Catherine  H.  D'Une 
Medaille  Et  D'Une  Carte  Du  Voyage  Du  Crimee      Ti 


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2i8  PAUL  JONES 

sieme  Edition.  Three  Volumes.  8vo,  473;  429;  526  pp. 
Paris,  Alexis  Eymerie,  Libraire-Editeur  Rue  Macerine, 
No.  30.     M  DCCC  XXVII. 

First  Edition — 1825-1826. 

Paul  Jones,  pages   303,  308,  349,  427,  Vol.   III. 

Reissued    in    collected    edition,    Paris,    1830. 

Memoirs  and  Recollections  of  Count  Segur,  Ambassador 
from  France  to  the  Courts  of  Russia  and  Prussia,  &c., 
&c.  Written  by  himself.  Three  volumes.  8vo,  xii-442; 
xii-352;  xii-499  pp.  London:  Printed  for  Henry  Colburn, 
New   Burlington   Street.      1825-1826-1827. 

Paul    Jones,    pages    292-3,    297-298;    337-338;    413-418, 
Vol.  III. 

Fairbum's  Improved  Edition,  Life  of  Paul  Jones,  the  Eng- 
lish Corsair,  Giving  a  Faithful  Account  of  the  Extraor- 
dinary Perils,  Voyages,  Adventures  and  Escapes  of  that 
bold  Pirate  and  Smuggler,  during  the  American  War, 
from  his  Youth  to  his  Death.  i2mo,  24  pp.  London: 
Printed  and  Published  by  J.  Fairburn,  no,  Minories. 
N.D.  (Ca.  1827).  Price  Sixpence. 
With  tw^o  colored  folding  portraits. 

Life  of  Paul  Jones.  The  Eclectic  Review,  pages  341-347, 
London,  April,  1827. 

The  Life  of  John  Ledyard,  the  American  Traveller;  Com- 
prising Selections  from  his  Journals  and  Correspondence. 
By  Jared  Sparks.  Large  8vo.  xii-325  pp.  Cambridge: 
Published  by  Hilliard  and  Brown;  and  by  Hilliard,  Gray, 
Little,  and  Wilkins,  and  Richardson  and  Lord,  Boston; 
G.  and  C.  Carvill,  New  York;  Carey,  Lea,  and  Carey, 
Philadelphia.     1828. 

John  Paul  Jones,  Chapter  VII,  p.   153. 

Interesting    Events   in    the    History    of    the    United    States; 

Being  a  Selection  of  the  Most  Important  and  Interest- 
ing Events  which  have  transpired  since  the  Discovery  of 
this  Country  to  the  Present  Time.  Carefully  selected 
from  the  most  approved  Authorities.  By  J.  W.  Barber. 
i2mo,  iv-220-xxiv  pp.  New-Haven:  Published  by  J.  W. 
Barber.  L.  K.  Dow,  Printer.  1828. 
Paul  Jones,  pages  I33-I3S- 


BIBLIOGRAPHY  219 

A  General  View  of  the  Rise,  Progress,  and  Brilliant  Achieve- 
ments of  the  American  Navy,  Down  to  the  Present  Time. 
Illustrated  by  Biographical  Sketches,  Official  Reports, 
and  Interesting  Views  of  American  Commerce.  To  which 
is  affixed  a  Succinct  account  of  the  origin  and  Progress 
of  the  Greek  Revolution,  Terminating  with  the  Glorious 
Victory  of  Navarino,  October  20,  1827.  i2mo,  434  pp. 
Brooklyn.  N.  Y.  MDCCCXXVIII. 
Paul  Jones,  Chapter  3,  pages  33-66. 
«i 

A 'Critic  of  the  Military  Operations  of  the  Russians  in  the 
Black  Sea  from  1787  to  1791.  By  A.  Viskavatoff.  St. 
Petersburg.     1828. 

The  Interesting  Life,  Voyages,  and  Daring  Engagements  of 

the  Celebrated  Paul  Jones;  containing  numerous  Anec- 
dotes of  Undaunted  Courage,  in  the  prosecution  of  his 
Bold  Enterprises.  To  which  is  added,  the  song  written 
on  the  engagement  between  the  "Good  Man  Richard," 
and  the  English  frigate  "Serapis."  i2mo,  28  pages,  fold, 
col.  front.  New- York:  Published  by  S.  King,  and  sold 
wholesale  and  retail,  at  his  store,  No.  150,  William-street. 
1828. 

The  song  mentioned  on  the  title-page  does  not  appear 
in  this  edition. 

The  Life,  Voyages  &  Sea  Battles  of  that  Celebrated  Pirate 

Commodore  Paul  Jones,  still  remembered  by  some  of 
the  Old  Inhabitants  now  living  in  Wapping,  he  being 
originally  in  the  coal-trade.  In  which  are  contained  a 
variety  of  important  facts,  displaying  the  revolutions  of 
fortune  that  this  naval  adventurer  underwent.  Post,  8vo, 
28  pp.  London:  Printed  by  W.  Lewis,  Finch-Lane  for 
T.  and  J.  Allman,  55,  Great  Queen  Street,  Lincoln's-Inn- 
Fields,  and  may  be  had  of  all  Booksellers.  Price  Six- 
pence.     1829. 

Scarce.     The  large  colored  folding  plate  is  one  of  the 
rarest  portraits  of  Paul  Jones. 

Memoir,  Correspondence  and  Miscellanies,  from  the  Papers 

of  Thomas  Jefferson.  Edited  by  Thomas  Jefferson  Ran- 
dolph. Four  vols.  8vo,  vii-(2)-466;  (4)-5oo;  (4)-5i9;  (4)- 
532  pp.     Charlottesville:  F.  Carr,  and  Co.     1829. 

Second    Edition:      4    vols,    viii-464;    (4)-50o;    (4)-5I9; 
(2)-532  pp.  Boston:  Gray  and  Bowen.     1830. 


220  PAUL  JONES 

An   Historical   and    Statistical    Account    of   Nova-Scotia,    In 

two  volumes.  Illustrated  by  a  map  of  the  Province,  and 
several  engravings.  By  Thomas  C.  Haliburton,  Esq. 
Barrister  at  Law,  and  Member  of  the  House  of  Assembly 
of  Nova  Scotia.  "This  is  my  own,  my  native  land."  8vo, 
viii-(3)-340-viii;  456-(i)  pp.  Halifax,  Published  for  Jo- 
seph Howe,  and  sold  by  C.  H.  Belcher;  Robert  Scholey, 
London;  and  Oliver  &  Boyd,  Edinburgh.  1829. 
Paul  Jones,  page  94,  Vol.  2. 

tt 
Life  of  Arthur  Lee,  LL.D.  Joint  Commissioner  of  the  United 
States  to  the  Court  of  France,  and  Sole  Commissioner 
to  the  Courts  of  Spain  and  Prussia,  during  the  Revolu- 
tionary War.  With  his  Political  and  Literary  Corre- 
spondence and  his  Papers  on  Diplomatic  and  Political 
Subjects,  and  the  Affairs  of  the  United  States  during  the 
same  Period.  By  Richard  Henry  Lee,  A.M.,  H.A.M.  Au- 
thor of  the  Life  of  Richard  Henry  Lee.  In  two  volumes. 
8vo,  (x)-ii-43i;  (iv)-5-379  pp.  Boston:  Published  by 
Wells  and  Lilly,  Court  Street.     1829. 

Campaigns  of  Suwarrow.     Kaulbars.     Moscow.     1829. 

The  Diplomatic  Correspondence  of  the  American  revolution; 

being  the  Letters  of  Benjamin  Franklin,  Silas  Deane, 
John  Adams,  John  Jay,  Arthur  Lee,  William  Lee,  Ralph 
Izard,  Francis  Dana,  William  Carmichael,  Henry  Laur- 
ens, John  Laurens,  M.  Dumas,  and  others,  concerning  the 
Foreign  Relations  of  the  United  States  during  the  whole 
Revolution;  together  with  the  Letters  in  reply  from  the 
Secret  Committee  of  Congress,  and  the  Secretary  of 
Foreign  Affairs.  Also,  the  entire  Correspondence  of  the 
French  Ministers,  Gerard  and  Luzerne,  with  Congress. 
Published  under  the  direction  of  the  President  of  the 
United  States,  from  the  original  manuscripts  in  the  De- 
partment of  State,  conformably  to  a  Resolution  of  Con- 
gress, of  March  27th,  1818.  Edited  by  Jared  Sparks. 
Twelve  vols.  8vo.  Boston:  Nathan  Hale  and  Gray  & 
Bowen:  G.  &  C.  &  H.  Carvill,  New  York;  P.  Thompson, 
Washington.      1829-30. 

The  name  of  Lafayette  appears  on  the  title  pages  ex- 
cept that   of  Vol.   I. 

American    Military    Biography;    containing    the     Lives     and 
Characters    of   the    officers    of  the    Revolution   who   were 


BIBLIOGRAPHY  221 

most  distinguished  in  achieving  our  National  independ- 
ence. Also  the  Life  of  Gilbert  Motier  La  Fayette.  Major 
General  in  the  Continental  Army,  Marshall  of  France 
and  Commander  in  Chief  of  the  National  Guards.  8vo, 
615  pp.  Published  for  Ross  Houck,  Cincinnati.  Printed 
at  the  Chronicle  Office.  Price  three  dollars  and  fifty 
cents.     1829. 

Same  matter  as  Roberts   &  Burr  edition,   New   York, 
1825.     New  plates. 

American  Military  Biography;  containing  the  Lives  and 
Characters  of  the  officers  of  the  Revolution  who  were 
most  distinguished  in  achieving  our  National  independ- 
ence. Also  the  life  of  Gilbert  Motier  La  Fayette,  Major 
General  in  the  Continental  Army,  Marshall  of  France  and 
Commander  in  Chief  of  the  National  Guards.  8vo,  615 
pp.  Published  for  E.  Walters,  Cincinnati.  Printed  at 
The  Chronicle  Office.  Price  three  dollars  and  fifty  cents. 
1830. 

Same  as  preceding. 

American  Military  Biography;  Containing  the  Lives  and 
Characters  of  the  Officers  of  the  Revolution  who  were 
most  distinguished  in  achieving  our  National  Independ- 
ence. Also  the  life  of  Gilbert  Motier  La  Fayette,  Major 
General  in  the  Continental  Army,  Marshal  of  France  and 
Commander  in  Chief  of  the  National  Guards.  Published 
for  Subscribers.  8vo,  607  pp.  Philadelphia:  Printed  by 
William    Stavely,    No.   99    South    Second    Street.     1831. 

American  Military  Biography;  Containing  the  Lives,  Charac- 
ters and  Anecdotes  of  the  Officers  of  the  Revolution, 
who  were  most  Distinguished  in  Achieving  our  National 
Independence.  Also,  the  Life  of  Gilbert  Motier  Lafay- 
ette, Major  General  in  the  Continental  Army,  Marshal  of 
France  and  Coinmander-in-Chief  of  the  National  Guards. 
By  E.  S.  Johnson.  i2mo,  240-184  pp.  Cincinnati:  1834. 
John   Paul  Jones,  pages   137-158. 

Life  and  Correspondence  of  John  Paul  Jones,  including  his 
Narrative  of  the  Campaign  of  the  Liman.  PVom  original 
Letters  and  Manuscripts  in  the  possession  of  Miss  Jan- 
ette  Taylor.  Stereotyped  by  A.  Chandler.  8vo,  555  pp. 
New   York:    (D.    Fanshaw,    Printer).      1830. 

Compiled  by  Robert  C.  Sands.     Copyrighted  by  Sher- 


222  PAUL  JONES 

man  Converse.  Miss  Taylor  was  niece  of  the  Commo- 
dore. There  is  a  break  in  the  pagination,  the  preface 
running  to  page  8  and  the  text  starting  at  13.  The 
frontispiece  is  a  steel  portrait,  engraved  by  J.  W.  Para- 
dise.    The  first  complete  and  authentic  biography. 

The  Life,  Voyages,  and  Sea  Battles  of  that  Celebrated  Sea- 
man, Commodore  Paul  Jones,  still  remembered  by  some 
of  the  old  inhabitants  now  living  in  Wapping,  he  being 
originally  in  the  coal-trade.  In  which  is  contained  a 
variety  of  important  facts,  displaying  the  Revolutions  of 
Fortune  that  this  Naval  Adventurer  underwent.  8vo,  24 
pp.  Derby:  Published  by  Thomas  Richardson;  Simp- 
kin,  Marshall,  and  Co.,  London.  Price  Sixpence.  N.D. 
(Ca.  1830.) 

With    brilliantly    colored    frontispiece    showing    Paul 
Jones's  adventures.  » 

Memoirs  of  Rear-Admiral  Paul  Jones,  Chevalier  of  the  Mili- 
tary order  of  Merit,  and  of  the  Russian  order  of  St. 
Anne,  &c.  &c.  Now  first  compiled  from  his  original 
Journals  and  Correspondence:  Including  an  account  of 
his  services  under  Prince  Potemkin,  Prepared  for  Publi- 
cation by  himself.  Two  vols.  i2mo.  xii-331;  341  pp. 
Published  by  Oliver  &  Boyd,  Edinburgh;  and  Simpkin  & 
Marshall,  London.     MDCCCXXX. 

Memoirs   of   Rear  Admiral    Paul   Jones.     The   Westminster 
Review,   pages   466-472.     London,   April,    1830. 
Review  of  above. 

John   Paul   Jones,   The   American    Quarterly   Review,   pages 
409-436.      Philadelphia,    June,    1830. 
Review  of  above. 

Memoirs  of  Paul  Jones,  Late  Rear-Admiral  in  the  Russian 
Service,  Chevalier  of  the  Military  Order  of  Merit,  and  of 
the  Russian  order  of  St.  Anne,  &c.  &c.  Now  first  com- 
piled from  his  original  Journals  and  Correspondence:  In- 
cluding an  account  of  his  services  under  Prince  Potemkin, 
prepared  for  publication  by  himself.  Two  volumes  in 
One.  i2mo,  xii-331-341  pages.  London:  Re-published  by 
Henry  Washbourne,  Salisbury  Square,  Fleet  Street. 
MDCCCXLIII. 


BIBLIOGRAPHY  223 

Verpale  des  Turkichen  Reichs.    Kolnitz.    Vienne.     1831. 
Credited  to  Metternich. 

The  Adventures  of  a  Yankee;  or,  the  Singular  Life  of  John 

Ledyard;    with    an    Account    o^    his    Voyage    round    the 
World  with  the  celebrated  Captain  Cooke.     Designed  for 
Youths.     By  a  Yankee.     32mo,  vi-90  pp.     Boston:  Carter, 
Hendee  &  Babcock.     1831. 
Paul  Jones,   pages  68-69. 

The  American  Naval  and  Patriotic  Songster.  As  sung  at 
various  places  of  amusement,  in  honor  of  Hull,  Jones, 
Decatur,  Perry,  Bainbridge,  Lawrence,  &c,  &c,  &c. 
"Don't  give  up  the  ship."  By  *  *  *.  32mo,  4-256  pp. 
Baltimore:  Published  by  P.  N.  Wood,  Market  Street. 
Wm.  Wooddy,  printer.     1831. 

The  Life  of  John  Paul;  containing  his  Travels,  Voyages, 
and  Daring  Engagements,  with  numerous  Anecdotes  of 
Undaunted  Courage.  32mo,  64  pp.  Thirtieth  Edition. 
Printed    for   the    Publishers.     1831. 

The  Life  of  Gouverneur  Morris,  with  Selections  from  his 
Correspondence  and  Miscellaneous  Papers;  detailing 
Events  in  the  American  Revolution,  Etc.  By  Jared 
Sparks.  Three  vols.  8vo,  517;  531;  532  pp.  Boston: 
Published   by   Gray   and   Bowen.      1832. 

Paul  Jones  references,  page   2)Tj,   Volume   I;  page  82, 
Volume  II;  page  8,  Volume  III. 

A  Biographical  Memoir  of  the  Late  Joshua  Barney:  From 
Autobiographical  Notes  and  Journals  in  possession  of  his 
family,  and  other  Authentic  Sources.  Edited  by  Mary 
Barney. 

Maris   et   terrae  miles,   pariter  in   utroquedignus, 

Meruit  ac  tulit  honores, 

'Whoso  shall  telle  a  tale  after  a  man. 

He  must  rehearse  as  neighe  als  ever  he  can'. 

— Chaucer. 
8vo,  xvi-328  pp.     Boston:  Published  by  Gray  and  Bowen. 
1832. 

The    Diplomatic    Correspondence    of    the    United    States    of 

America,    from    the    signing    of    the    definitive    treaty    of 
Peace,  loth  September,  1783,  to  the  adoption  of  the  Con- 


224  PAUL  JONES 

stitution,  March  4,  1789.  Being  the  Letters  of  Presi- 
dents of  Congress,  the  Secretary  for  Foreign  Affairs, 
American  Ministers  at  Foreign  Courts,  Foreign  Minis- 
ters near  Congress — Reports  of  Committees  of  Congress, 
and  Reports  of  the  Secretary  for  Foreign  Afifairs  on  vari- 
ous letters  and  communications,  together  with  letters 
from  individuals  on  Public  Afifairs — Published  under  the 
direction  of  the  Secretary  of  State,  from  the  original 
manuscripts  in  the  Department  of  State,  conformably  to 
an  Act  of  Congress,  approved  May  5,  1832.  8vo,  xl-504; 
xxxiv-504;  xxv-507;  xxxi-504;  xxiv-4g2;  xxxiv-578;  xxx- 
512  pp.  City  of  Washington:  Printed  by  Francis  Preston 
Blair.     1833-34. 

Paul  Jones,  Vol.  II,  page  442;  Vol.  Ill,  443;  Vol.  VII, 
287-418. 

American  State  Papers.  Documents  Legislative  and  Execu- 
tive, of  the  Congress  of  the  United  States,  from  the  First 
Session  of  the  First  to  the  Third  Session  of  the  Thir- 
teenth Congress,  inclusive:  Commencing  March  3,  1789, 
and  ending  March  3,  1815.  Selected  and  Edited,  under 
the  Authority  of  Congress,  By  Walter  Lowrie,  Secretary 
of  the  Senate,  and  Matthew  St.  Clair  Clarke,  Clerk  of 
the  House  of  Representatives,  Volume  V  (Finance  Vol.  I) 
Roy.  8vo,  viii-819-xii  pp.  Washington:  Published  by 
Gales  and  Seaton.     1832. 

Estimate  of  prize  money  due  to  the  squadron  com- 
manded by  the   Chevalier  John   Paul  Jones,  page  41. 

American  State  Papers.  Documents,  Legislative  and  Execu- 
tive, of  the  Congress  of  the  United  States,  from  the  first 
to  the  second  Session  of  the  Twenty-second  Congress, 
inclusive:  Commencing  March  3,  1789  and  ending  March 
3,  1833.  Selected  and  edited,  under  the  authority  of  Con- 
gress, by  Walter  Lowrie,  Secretary  of  the  Senate,  and 
Matthew  St.  Clair  Clarke,  Clerk  of  the  House  of  Repre- 
sentatives. Vol.  I.  Roy.  8vo,  xv-io-766-xliii  pp.  Wash- 
ington:   Published   by   Gales   and   Seaton.     1833. 

Admiral  John  Paul  Jones,  Appointed  Commissioner 
and  Consul  at  Algiers.  Letter  to  him  with  instructions 
to  secrecy  by  Thomas  Jefferson,  Secretary  of  State,  pages 
290-292. 

His  decease  prevents  the  execution  of  his  commis- 
sion,  page   293.  ^ 


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Souvenirs  D'Un  Sexagenaire,  Par  A.  V.  Arnault  De  L'Acade- 
mie  Francaise.  Verum  amo,  verum  volo  dici.  Plaute, 
Mostellaria.  Four  volumes.  8vo,  xxxii-456-(3);  382-(3); 
42i-(3);  439  pp.  Paris  Librairie  Dufey,  Rue  Des  Marais — 
S.— G.  17.     1833. 

Voyages  round  the  World;  with  selected  sketches  of  Voy- 
ages to  the  South  Seas,  North  and  South  Pacific  Oceans, 
China,  etc.,  performed  under  the  command  and  agency 
of  the  author.  Also,  information  relating  to  iniportant 
late  discoveries;  between  the  years  1792  and  1832,  to- 
gether with  the  report  of  the  Commander  of  the  First 
American  Exploring  Expedition,  patronized  by  the 
United  States  Government,  in  the  brigs  "Seraph"  and 
"Annawan,"  to  the  Southern  hemisphere.  By  Edmund 
Fanning.  8vo,  xii-499  pp.  New  York:  Collins  &  Hannay. 
MDCCCXXXIII. 

Paul  Jones,  page  xi.     Brother  of   Nathaniel   Fanning, 
midshipman  of  the  "Bon  Homme  Richard." 

Voyages  Round  the  World;  with  selected  sketches  of  Voy- 
ages to  the  South  Seas,  North  and  South  Pacific  Oceans, 
China,  etc.,  performed  under  the  command  and  agency 
of  the  author.  Also,  information  relating  to  important 
late  discoveries,  between  the  years  1792  and  1832;  to- 
gether with  the  report  of  the  Commander  of  the  first 
American  exploring  expedition,  patronized  by  the  United 
States  Government,  in  the  brigs  "Seraph"  and  "Anna- 
wan,"  to  the  Southern  Hemisphere.  By  Edmund  Fan- 
ning. 8vo,  xii-499  pp.  London:  O.  Rich,  12,  Red  Lion 
Square.     1834. 

Voyages  to  the  South  Seas,  Indian  and  Pacific  Oceans,  China 
Sea,  Northwest  coast,  Feejee  Islands,  South  Shetlands, 
&c.,  &c.  With  an  Account  of  the  New  Discoveries  made 
in  the  Southern  Hemisphere,  between  the  years  1830- 
1837.  Also,  the  Origin,  Authorization  and  Progress  of 
the  First  American  National  South  Sea  Exploring  Ex- 
pedition. By  Edmund  Fanning,  Author  of  Fanning's 
Voyages.  i2mo,  xii-324  pp.  New  York:  William  H. 
Vermilye.     1838. 

Account  of  the  "Serapis'  "  fight,  pages  217-232.     Na- 
thaniel Fanning's  own  story. 

^         Second    edition,    same    year. 


226  PAUL  JONES 

The  Mariner's  Library,  or  Voyager's  Companion.  Contain- 
ing Narratives  of  the  most  Popular  Voyages,  from  the 
time  of  Columbus  to  the  present  day;  with  Accounts  of 
remarkable  shipwrecks,  Naval  Adventures,  the  Whale 
Fishery,  &c.  The  whole  interspersed  with  numerous 
sketches  of  Nautical  Life,  and  illustrated  by  fine  En- 
gravings. 8vo,  xii-492  pp.  Boston:  Printed  and  Pub- 
lished by  C.  Gaylord.  1834. 
Paul   Jones,   pages   246-249. 

Dundee  Courier,  Dundee,  Scotland.  July  30,  1834.  Descrip- 
tion of  Paul  Jones'  birthplace  as  restored  by  Lt.  Alex- 
ander D.  Pinkham,  U.S.N. 

Report  and  Statement  of  Commissioner  of  Pensions,  rela- 
tive to  armed  national  ships  employed  during  the  Revo- 
lutionary War,  and  the  names  of  their  commanders.  8vo, 
6  pp.  (Washington)  May  13,  1834.  Twenty-third  Con- 
gress, 1st  Session.     House  document.  No.  394. 

Letter  of  John  Paul  Jones  to  Mr.  Jefferson.  The  North 
American  Review,  pages  310-312.     Boston,  October,  1834. 

Lives   and   Exploits   of   English    Highwaymen,    Pirates    and 

Robbers,  Drawn  from  the  Earliest  and  Most  Authentic 
Sources  and  brought  down  to  the  Present  Time.  By  C. 
Whitehead,  Esq.  With  sixteen  Engravings  by  Messrs. 
Bagg.  Two  vols.  i2mo,  347;  384  pp.  London:  Bull  and 
Churtong,   HoUis   Street.     1834. 

French   edition   issued  in  Paris,   same  year,  two  vols, 
8vo.     Includes  Paul  Jones. 

Men  and  Manners  in  Britain;  or,  a  Bone  to  Knaw  for  the 
Trollopes,  Fidlers,  &c.  being  notes  from  a  Journal,  on 
Sea  and  on  Land,  in  1833-4.  By  Grant  Thorburn,  seeds- 
man. i2mo,  xi-187  pp.  New  York:  Wiley  &  Long,  161 
Broadway.     1834. 

An&cdotes  of  Paul  Jones,  pages  iii,  113. 

A  General  Biographical  Dictionary,  Comprising  a  Summary 
Account  of  the  most  Distinguished  Persons  of  all  Ages, 
Nations  and  Professions,  including  more  than  One  Thou- 
sand articles  of  American  Biography.  By  J.  L.  Blake, 
D.D.     Imp.  8vo.   1060  pp.     New  York:   1835. 


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Thirteenth   edition,  Philadelphia:   H.   Cowperthwait   & 
Co.     1856.     1366  pp. 

People's    Almanac,      Vol.    I.      No.    4.      1837.      lamo,    48   pp. 
Philadelphia:    Sold    by    Grigg    &    Elliott.      Boston:    Pub- 
lished by   Charles    Ellms,  Agent.      (1836). 
Paul  Jones — his  battle  with  the  "Serapis." 

Life,    Travels,    and    Voyages    and    Daring    Engagements    of 

Paul    Jones.      Norwich.     1836. 

Report  of  the  Committee  on  Revolutionary  Claims,  to  which 

was  referred  the  petition  of  James  Jackson,  heir  at  law  of 
John  Jackson,  deceased,  April   12,   1836.     8vo,   i  p. 

Mr.    Jackson    was    a    pilot    for    Jones,    under    protest, 
and  was  severely  wounded  while  with  him. 

The  National  Portrait  Gallery  of  Distinguished  Americans. 

"These  are  deeds  which  should  not  pass  away, 
and  Names  that  must  not  wither,  though  the  earth 
Forgets  her  empire  with  a  just  decay. 
The  enslavers  and  the  enslaved,  their  death  and  birth." 
Conducted  by  James   Herring,  New  York;  and  James   B. 
Longacre,    Philadelphia;    under    the    superintendence    of 
the  American  Academy  of  the  Fine  Arts.     Vol.  III.     New 
York,    Hermon    Bancroft.      Philadelphia,    Henry    Perkins. 
London,  O.  Rich,  No.  12  Red  Lion  Square.     Scatchard  & 
Adams,   Print.     1836. 

The  Writings  of  George  Washington;  Being  his  Corre- 
spondence, Addresses,  Messages,  and  other  Papers, 
Official  and  Private,  selected  and  published  from  the 
Original  Manuscripts;  with  a  Life  of  the  Author,  Notes 
and  Illustrations.  By  Jared  Sparks.  Twelve  vols.  8vo, 
xxix-586;  xvi-534;  xix-540;  560;  558;  556;  566;  572;  558; 
563;  578;  viii-592  pp.  Boston:  American  Stationers'  Com- 
pany.    John   B.  Russell.      1837. 

The  Writings  of  George  Washington;  being  his  Corre- 
spondence, Addresses,  Messages,  and  other  Papers,  Offi- 
cial and  Private,  Collected  and  Published  from  the  Orig- 
inal Manuscripts,  with  a  Life  of  the  Author,  notes  and 
Illustrations.  By  Jared  Sparks.  Twelve  vols.  8vo. 
xxix-586;   xvi-534;   xix-540;   560;   558;    556;    566;    572;    558; 


228  PAUL  JONES 

563;    578;    592    pp.      Boston:     Little,    Brown,    and    Com- 
pany.    1858. 

Paul  Jones,  Vol.  6,  pages  546-47;  Vol.  8,  page  45; 
Vol.  9,  pages  257,  262,  305,  424;  Vol.  10,  page  357. 

Second  Congress,  First  Session.  Report  No.  823.  House 
of  Representatives.  Richard  Wall.  Mr.  Beaumont  from 
the  Committee  on  Revolutionary  Claims  made  the  follow- 
ing Report  June  23,  1836.  2  pp.  Blair  &  Rives,  Printers. 
(Washington,    1836.) 

On  a  petition  for  prize  money  for  captures  made  by 
the  "Bon  Homme  Richard"  commanded  by  John  Paul 
Jones. 

Memorial  of  Janette  Taylor,  et  al.,  representatives  of  John 
Paul  Jones.  December  12,  1836.  24th  Congress,  2d  ses- 
sion. House  of  Representatives,  Document  No.  19.  8vo. 
29  pp. 

24th  Congress,  2d  session,  Doc.  No.  155.  House  of  Repre- 
sentatives. Statements  from  the  Books  of  the  Treasury 
Department  respecting  the  prize  money  obtained  by  the 
late  John  Paul  Jones  from  the  Government  of  France, 
January  28,  1837.  8vo,  4  pp.  Blair  &  Rives,  Printers. 
(Washington,  1837.) 

The  French  Revolution:  a  history  in  three  volumes.  By 
Thomas   Carlyle. 

Meya  6  aycov  esrt,  Oeloi'  yap  epyov  virkp  fiaaCKeias, 
virep  eXevdepias  virep  evpoias  virep  arapa^ias. — ArrianuS. 

Aoyixa  yap  avrcov  tLs  /iera/SdXXet ;  x^Pi-^  ^^  doyiu.a.TOj'i 
/xera^oXris,  ri  aXKo  ij  SovXha  crrevvTOiv  Kal  Treideadat  Tpo- 
(TiroLOV/Jievoov. — AntoninuS. 

Three  vols.     i2mo.     vii-404;  vii-422;  vii-488  pp.     London: 
James   Fraser,  215  Regent   Street.     M.DCCC.XXXVH. 

References  to  Paul  Jones — Vol.  I,  Book  H,  p.  62; 
Vol.  n,  Book  I,  p.  29;  Vol.  II,  Book  I,  p.  69;  Vol.  II, 
Book  VI,  p.  378. 

Report  of  the  Committee  on  Foreign  Affairs,  to  whom  was 
referred  the  petition  of  William  C.  Parke  of  South  Read- 
ing, in  the  State  of  Massachusetts,  also,  the  petition  of 
Nathaniel  Gunnison,  of  Portsmouth,  in  the  state  of  New 
Hampshire;    also,    the    petition    of    Lucy    Alexander,    of 


BIBLIOGRAPHY  229 

Stafford    County,    in    the    State    of   Virginia,    January    12, 
1838.     8vo,  3  pp.     (Washington,   1838.) 

Le  Capitaine  Paul.  Par  Alexandre  Dumas.  Two  vols.  Svo, 
3i();  323  pp.  Paris,  Dumont,  Editeur,  Palais-Royal,  88, 
An  Salon  Litteraire.     1838. 


The    Adventures    of    Ebenezer    Fox,    in    the    Revolutionary 

War.  Illustrated  b}'  Elegant  Engravings  from  original 
Designs.  i6mo,  24a  pp.  Boston:  Published  by  Charles 
Fox,  N.D. 

Paul  Jones,  page  221. 

Tales  of  the  Wars;  or.  Naval  and  Military  Chronicle.  Satur- 
day, March  4.  1837.  No.  61.  London:  Published  by  Wil- 
liam Mark  Clark,  17,  Warwick  Lane,  Paternoster  Row. 

Action    Between    Paul    Jones    and    Captain    Pearson, 
pages  73,  74,  75- 

A  General  Biographical  Dictionary.    By  John  Gorton,  Author 
of  the   "General   Typographical    Dictionary,"   &c.,   &c.     A 
new    edition.      Three    volumes,      p.n.n.      London:    Whit- 
taker  and   Co.,  Ave-Maria   Lane.     1838. 
John   Paul   Jones,   Vol.    IL 

A  Book  of  the  United  States:  Exhibiting  its  Geography, 
Divisions,  Constitution  and  Government  Institutions, 
Agriculture,  Commerce,  Manufactures,  Religion,  Educa- 
tion, Population,  Natural  Curiosities,  Railroads,  Canals, 
Pul)lic  Buildings,  Manners  and  Customs,  Fine  Arts,  An- 
tiquities, Literature,  Mineralogy,  Botany,  Geology, 
Natural  History,  Productions,  &c.  &c.  &c.  and  presenting 
a  view  of  the  Republic  generally,  and  of  the  Individual 
States;  together  with  a  Condensed  History  of  the  land, 
from  its  First  Discovery  to  the  present  time.  The  Biog- 
raphy of  about  Three  Hundred  of  the  Leading  Men.  A 
description  of  the  principal  Cities  and  Towns;  with  statis- 
tical tables,  relating  to  the  Religion,  Commerce,  Manu- 
factures, and  various  other  topics.  Edited  by  Grenville 
Mellen.  With  engravings  of  curiosities,  scenery,  animals, 
cities,  towns,  public  buildings  &c.  Svo,  804  pp.  Hart- 
ford: Published  by  H.  F.  Sumner  &  Co.  1838. 
Paul  Jones,   pages   527-28. 


230  PAUL  JONES 

Paul  Jones:  A  Drama  in  Five  Acts,  Translated  from  the 
French  of  Alexander  Dumas,  by  William  Berges,  of  New 
Orleans.  i2mo,  89  pages.  Philadelphia:  Printed  by  T. 
K.  &  P.  G.  Collins,  No.  i  Lodge  Alley.     1839. 

The  History  of  the  Navy  of  the  United  States  of  America. 
By  J.  Fenimore  Cooper.  In  two  Volumes.  8vo,  xxxvi- 
394;  481  pp.  Philadelphia:  Lea  &  Blanchard,  successors 
to  Carey  and  Co.     1839. 

The  History  of  the  Navy  of  the  United  States  of  America. 

By  J.  Fennimore  (sic)  Cooper,  Author  of  "The  Pilot," 
"The  Red  Rover,"  "The  Water  Witch,"  &c.  In  two  vol- 
umes. 8vo,  258;  349  pp.  Paris:  Baudry's  European  Li- 
brary, 3  Quai  Malaquais,  near  the  Pont  Des  Arts  and  9 
Rue  du  Coq  near  the  Louvre.  Sold  also  by  Amyot,  Rue  de 
la  Paix,  Truchy,  Boulevard  Des  Italiens,  Theophile  Bar- 
rois,  jun.  Rue  Richilieu,  Heideloff  and  Campe.  Rue 
Vivienne,  and  by  all  the  principal  Booksellers  on  the  Con- 
tinent.    1839. 


The   Military   Magazine   and   Record    of  the   Volunteers   of 

the  City  and  County  of  Philadelphia,  Comprising  Authen- 
tic data  of  their  Institution,  the  Organization,  and  mat- 
ters generally  pertaining  thereto,  tending  to  foster  the 
spirit  of  Patriotism  so  essential  to  the  preservation  of 
our  social  institutions,  and  to  merit  for  Citizen  Soldiery 
the  approbation  and  applause  of  their  fellow  citizens. 
In  2  vols.  Royal  8vo,  24  Nos.  each.  Embellished  with  two 
views  to  each  number.  Edited  by  William  M.  Huddy. 
Philadelphia:  Published  by  William  M.  Huddy,  No.  84 
Noble    Street.      1839-41.     p.n.n. 

Vol.  -IT,  Battle  of  the  "Bon  Homme  Richard"  and 
"Serapis" — by  George  L.  Curry,  Boston,  p.  74. 

The  Penny  Cyclopaedia  of  the  Society  for  the  diffusion  of 

Useful  Knowledge.  Volume  XIII.  Intestines-Limoges. 
London:  .Charles  Knight  and  Co.,  22,  Ludgate  Street. 
MDCCCXXXIX.  Price  Seven  Shillings  and  sixpence, 
bound  in  cloth. 

A  long  Sketch  of  Jones,  in  Vol.  13.  Difficulties  be- 
tween Holland  and  England;  Jones  conceals  a  quantity  of 
lead  in  his  clothes  to  sink  himself,  etc.,   etc. 


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Tales  of  the  Pirates;  or,  Lives  of  Smugglers  and  Buccaneers. 
Illustrated  with  Numerous  Engravings  by  Eminent  Ar- 
tists. 8vo,  285  pp.  With  fly-leaf  index.  London:  Pub- 
lished by  William  Mark  Clark,  19  Warwick  Lane,  Pater- 
noster Row.     1840. 

Includes  Paul  Jones  among  the  "Pirates." 

The  Forget  Me  not  Songster.  Containing  a  Choice  Collec- 
tion of  Old  Ballad  Songs.  As  sung  by  our  Grandmothers. 
Embellished  with  numerous  Engravings.  i8mo,  256  pp. 
New  York:  Nafis  &  Cornish,  278  Pearl  Street;  St.  Louis, 
(Mo.)  Nafis,  Cornish  &  Co.;  Philadelphia:  John  B. 
Perry.      N.D.      (Ca.    1840.) 

Paul  Jones,  pages  24-25.     Issued  also  Boston:  Locke  & 
Barbier. 


The  Lives  and  Exploits  of  the  Most  Notorious  Pirates  and 

Their  Crews.  By  a  Sea  Captain.  i8mo,  322  pages. 
Derby.     Thomas    Richardson.      N.D.      (1840). 

Vignette    on    title    shows    "Paul    Jones    shooting    his 
Lieutenant." 

Interesting    Lives    and    Adventures    of    Celebrated    Pirates. 

(Captain  Teach,  alias  Blackbeard,  Capt.  Davis,  Captain 
England,  Anne  Bonney,  Captain  Avery,  Captain  Vane, 
Captain  Rackam,  Mary  Read,  Captain  Lowther,  Captain 
Roberts,  Sir  Henry  Morgan,  Captain  Low,  Captain 
Roche,  Captain  Shriggs,  Captain  Kennedy,  Captain  Martel, 
Paul  Jones).  Frontispiece  engraved  by  R.  Baker.  i6mo. 
Each  title  paged  separately.  London:  Orlando  Hodg- 
son,  III   Fleet   Street.     N.D.     (1840), 

Geschichte    der    Nordamerekannischen    seemacht    und    ihrer 

Kriegsthalen.  Aus  dem  Englishen  liibersetzt  von  H. 
Kiinzel.  4  vols.  24mo.  Frankfurt  am  Main:  J.  D. 
Saiierlander.     1840. 

Lives  and  Exploits  of  the  most  Celebrated  Pirates  and  Sea 

Robbers.  By  T.  Douglas.  i8mo,  340  pp.  Newcastle- 
upon-Tyne.  Published  by  W,  &  T.  Fordyce. 
MDCCCXLI. 

Frontispiece   on   steel   of  the   "Bon    Homme   Richard" 
and  "Serapis"  engagement.     Paul  Jones,  pages  191-214. 


2Z2  PAUL  JONES 

History  of  Paul  Jones  the  Pirate.     i6i-no,  24  pp.    Printed  and 

sold  by  W.  &  T.  Fordyce,  48,  Dean  Street,  Newcastle, 
and  43,  Myton  Gate,  Hull,  N.D.  Of  whom  may  be  had, 
the  Pedigree  and  Performances  of  the  celebrated  Racer, 
Doctor  Syntax,    Price  2d. 

History  of  Paul  Jones,  The  Pirate.     i6mo,  24  pp.     Printed 

and   sold  by   W.  and   T.    Fordyce,   15   Grey   Street,    New- 
castle.     A    large    assortment    of    Histories,    Songs,    Chil- 
dren's Books,  Pictures,  &c.  always  on  hand.    N.D.     (1835). 
Curious  wood-cut  portrait  on   title-page. 

The  Reefer  of  '76.  Paul  Jones.  By  the  Author  of  "Cruising 
in  the  last  War."  Graham's  Magazine,  pages  125-128. 
Philadelphia,  March,  1841. 

Dictionary  of  Dates,  and  universal  reference.  Relating  to  all 
Ages  and  Nations;  comprehending  every  remarkable  oc- 
currence, ancient  and  modern — the  foundation,  laws,  and 
governments  of  countries — their  progress  in  civilization, 
industry,  and  science — their  achievements  in  arms — the 
political  and  social  transactions  of  the  British  Empire — 
its  civil,  military,  and  religious  institutions — the  origin 
and  advance  of  human  arts  and  inventions  with  copious 
details  of  England,  Scotland,  and  Ireland;  the  whole 
comprehending  a  body  of  information,  classical,  political, 
and  domestic,  from  the  earliest  accounts  to  the  present 
time.  By  Joseph  Haydn.  8vo,  vii-568  pp.  London:  Ed- 
ward  Moxon,   Dover  Street.     MDCCCXLI. 

A  sketch  of  Paul  Jones  appears  on  p.  389  of  this  work 
under  "Paul  Jones,  Privateer." 

The  Life  of  Paul  Jones,  By  Alexander  Siidell  Mackenzie, 
U.S.N.  Two  volumes.  i2mo,  viii-xx-260;  ix-308  pp.  Bos- 
ton: Hilliard,  Gray  and  Company.     1841. 

The  Life  of  Paul  Jones..  By  Alexander  Siidell  Mackenzie, 
U.S.N.  Two  volumes,  i2mo,  xiii-260;  ix-308  pp.  New 
York:     Harper  &  Brothers,  82  Cliff  Street.-  1845. 

The  Life  of  Paul  Jones.     By    Alexander    Siidell    Mackenzie, 
U.S.N.     Two   volumes.      i2mo,  xiii-260;   ix-308  pp.     New 
York:  Harper  &  Brothers,  82  Cliff  Street.     1846. 
Harper's  New  Miscellany.     Reissued,  1848. 


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Paul  Jones.  By  J.  T.  Headley.  The  American  Review, 
pages  228-238.  New  York:  September,  1848.  Review  of 
the  above. 

The  Life  of  Paul  Jones.     By  Alexander  Slidell  Mackenzie, 

U.S.N.  Two  volumes.  i2mo,  xiii-260;  ix-308  pp.  New 
York:  Harper  &  Brothers,  Publishers,  320  &  331  Pearl 
Street,  Franklin  Square.     1878. 

Paul  Jones.  Chambers'  Edinburgh  Journal,  No.  501,  Satur- 
day, Sept.  4,  1841,  pages  263-64. 

Battles  of  the  British  Navy;  from  A.  D.  1000  to  1840.  By 
Joseph  Allen,  Esq.,  Of  Greenwich  Hospital;  Author  of 
"England's  Wooden  Walls,"  &c.  In  two  volumes.  i2mo, 
xviii-524;  x-(i)-588  pp.  London:  A.  H.  Baily  &  Co., 
83,   Cornhill.     1842. 

Paul  Jones,  pages  231-2;  250-54. 

Battles  of  the  British  Navy.  By  Joseph  Allen,  Esq.,  R.N., 
of  Greenwich  Hospital,  New  Edition,  Revised  and  En- 
larged. In  .two  volumes.  "Palman  qui  meruit  ferat." 
8vo,  xvi-527;  xi-604  pp.,  including  index.  London:  Henry 
G.  Bohn,  York  Street,  Covent  Garden,   MDCCLII. 

The  Book  of  the  Navy;  comprising  a  General  History  of  the 
American  Marine;  and  particular  accounts  of  all  the  most 
celebrated  Naval  Battles,  from  the  Declaration  of  Inde- 
pendence to  the  Present  time.  Compiled  from  the  best 
Authorities,  by  John  Frost,  A.M.  Professor  of  Belles 
Lettres,  in  the  High  School  of  Philadelphia.  With  an 
appendix.  Splendidly  embellished  with  numerous  engrav- 
ings from  original  drawings,  by  William  Croome,  and 
portraits  on  steel  of  distinguished  naval  commanders. 
8vo,  viii-344  pp.  New  York:  D.  Appleton  &  Company. 
MDCCCXLII. 

The  Book  of  the  Navy;  Comprising  a  General  History  of 
the  American  Marine;  and  Particular  Accounts  of  all  the 
most  Celebrated  Naval  Battles,  from  the  Declaration  of 
Independence  to  the  Present  Time.  Compiled  from  the 
best  Authorities.  By  John  Frost,  A.M.  Professor  of 
Belles  Lettres,  in  the  High  School  of  Philadelphia.  With 
an    Appendix.     Splendidly    Embellished    with    numerous 


234  PAUL  JONES 

Engravings  from  Original  Drawings,  by  William  Croome, 
and  Portraits  on  Steel  of  Distinguished  Naval  Com- 
manders. 8vo,  viii-344  PP-  New  York:  D.  Appleton  & 
Co.,  200  Broadway.  Philadelphia:  George  S.  Appleton, 
148    Chestnut    St.     MDCCCXLIII. 

The   Book  of  the  Navy;   Comprising  a   General   History   of 

the  American  Marine;  and  Particular  Accounts  of  all  the 
most  Celebrated  Naval  Battles,  from  the  Declaration  of 
Independence  to  the  present  time.  Compiled  from  the 
best  Authorities  by  John  Frost,  LL.D.  Professor  of 
Belles  Lettres,  in  the  High  School  of  Philadelphia. 
Splendidly  Embellished  with  Numerous  Engravings  from 
Original  Drawings,  by  William  Croome.  And  Portraits 
on  Steel  of  Distinguished  Naval  Commanders.  i2mo, 
382  pp.     Hartford:    Belknap   and    Hammersly.     1849. 

Brought  up  to  include  the  Mexican  War,  amplified 
from  the  Appleton  edition  of  1842. 

Janette  Taylor  and  Others  and  Lucy  Alexander  and  Others. 

Mr.  Parmenter  from  the  Committee  on  Revolutionary 
Claims  made  the  following  Report,  August"  20,  1842.  4  pp. 
(Washington,  1842.) 

Petitioners  (Representatives  of  Capt.  Paul  Jones)  ask 
"for  the  payment  of  the  value  of  prizes"  sent  by  him  to 
Bergen,  Norway  &  by  the  (them)  Danish  Government 
surrendered  to  Great  Britain, 


James  Jackson  of  England.  Mr.  Parmenter  from  the  Com- 
mittee on  Revolutionary  Claims  made  the  following  Re- 
port, August  20,  1842.     8vo,  2pp.     (Washington,  1842.) 

Memoires  de  B.  Barere  Membre  de  la   Constituante,-  de  la 

Convention,  du  Comite  de  Salut  Public,  et  de  la  Chambre 
des  Representants,  Publics  par  MM.  Hippolyte  Carnot, 
Membre  de  la  Chambre  des  deputes,  Et  David  (d'An- 
gers),  Membre  de  I'lnstitut;  Precedes  d'une  Notice  his- 
torique,  par  H.  Carnot.  Four  volumes.  8vo,  441;  436;  394; 
ii-480  pp.  Paris:  Jules  Labitte.  Libraire-Editeur.  Quai 
Voltaire,  3.     1842. 

Memoirs  of  Bertrand  Barere,  Chairman  of  the  Committee 
of    Public     Safety    During    the    Revolution.     Now    first 


BIBLIOGRAPHY  235 

translated  by  De  V.  Payen-Payne.  In  four  volumes. 
8vo,  363;  333;  348;  403  pp.  London:  H.  S.  Nichols,  3 
Soho  Square  and  62a  Piccadilly  W.     MDCCCXCVI. 


Journal  and  Letters  of  the  late  Samuel  Curwen,  Judge  of 
Admiralty,  etc..  An  American  Refuj^ce,  in  England,  from 
^775  to  1784,  comprising  remarks  on  the  prominent  men 
and  measures  of  that  period.  To  which  are  added,  Bio- 
graphical Notices  of  many  American  Loyalists  and  other 
eminent  persons.  By  George  Atkinson  Ward,  member 
of  the  New  York  Historical  Society.  "For  my  native 
country  I  feel  a  filial  fondness;  her  follies  I  lament,  her 
misfortunes  I  pity;  her  good  I  ardently  wish,  and  to  be 
restored  to  her  embraces  is  the  warmest  of  my  desires." 
S.  Curwen,  Jan.  10,  1780.  Page  291.  Roy.  8vo,  xii- 
578-(2),  slip  of  errata.  New  York:  C.  S.  Francis  and 
Co.,  252  Broadway.  Boston:  J.  H.  Francis,  128  Wash- 
ington Street.  1842. 
Paul  Jones,  page  223. 


Journal  and  Letters  of  the  Late  Samuel  Curwen,  Judge  of 
Admiralty,  Etc.,  A  Loyalist-Refugee  in  England,  During 
the  American  Revolution.  To  which  are  added.  Illus- 
trative Documents  and  Biographic  Notices  of  many 
Prominent  Loyalists  and  Other  Eminent  Men.  Third 
Edition.  By  George  Atkinson  Ward,  A.M.,  Member  of 
the  New-York  Historical  Society,  and  Corresponding 
Member  of  the  Massachusetts  Historical  Society.  "For 
my  native  country,  I  fee!  a  filial  fondness;  her  follies  I  la- 
ment, her  misfortunes  I  pity;  her  good  I  ardently 
wish,  and  to  be  restored  to  her  embraces  is  the 
warmest  of  my  desires."  S.  Curwen,  Jan.  10,  1780.  Page 
321.  New  York:  Leavitt,  Trow  &  Co.,  194  Broadway; 
London:     Wiley  and   Putnam,   Paternoster-Row.     1845. 

Portrait,  Title,  Dedication,  Preface,  pp.  iii  and  iv;  pref- 
ace to  second  edition,  pp.  i-viii;  Preface  to  the  Third 
Edition,  pp.  ix-xiii.  Contents  were  not  re-paged  after 
prefaces  to  2nd  and  3rd  editions  were  added.  Introduc- 
tory Memoir,  pp.  1-24,  with  14-a  and  14-b  inserted.  Jour- 
nal and  Letters,  pp.  25-672.  Errata,  i  page.  In  the  body 
of  the  work,  444-a,  444-b,  444-c,  and  444-d  have  been 
added. 

Paul  Jones,   pp.  611-618  inclusive. 


236  PAUL  JONES 

Paul  Jones.  By  Pierce  Egan  the  Younger,  Author  of 
"Robin  Hood,"  "Wat  Tyler,"  &c. 

"Alas!  such  is  our  nature;  all  but  aim 
At  the  same  end  by  pathways  not  the  same: 
Our  means,  our  birth,  our  nation,  and  our  name, 
Our  fortune,  temper,  even  our  outward  frame, 
Are  far  more  potent  o'er  our  yielding  clay 
Than  aught  we  know  beyond  our  little  day." 

Byron. 
Two  volumes.     8vo,   340;   iv-308   pp.      London:     F.   Hex- 
tall,    11^,    Wellington-Street,    North    Strand.     1842. 
Usually  the  two  volumes  are  found  bound  in  one. 

Paul  Jones,  the  Pirate.  The  Girls'  and  Boys'  Penny  Maga- 
zine. Vol.  I,  No.  12.  8vo,  8  pages.  London,  January  2, 
1843.     (W.  Strange,  Publisher.) 

Colored    picture    of   Jones    leading   a    boarding    party. 
Five  page  article. 

Interesting    Lives    and    Adventures    of    Celebrated    Pirates, 

Capt.  Teach,  alias  Blackbeard,  Capt.  Davis,  Capt.  Eng- 
land, Anne  Bonney,  Capt.  Avery,  Capt.  Vane.  Capt. 
Rackam,  May  Re.ad,  Capt.  Lowther,  Capt.  Roberts,  Sir 
Henry  Morgan.  Capt.  Low,  Capt.  Roche,  Capt.  Gow, 
Capt.  Upton,  Capt.  Worley,  Capt.  Spriggs,  Capt.  Ken- 
nedy, Capt.  Martel,  Paul  Jones.  Frontispiece  steel, 
"The  Bon  Homme  Richard"  and  the  "Serapis."  Sq. 
i6mo.  Each  narrative  paged  separately.  London: 
Published  by  J.  S.  Pratt,   1843. 

Annals   of   the    Revolution:     or,    A    History   of   the    Doans. 
By  H.   K.   Brooke.     i8mo,  82  pp.     Philadelphia:  John   B. 
Perry,  No.  198  Market  Street.     New  York:  Nafis  &  Cor- 
nish, 278  Pearl   St.     1843. 
Paul  Jones,  pages  SS-58. 

Paul  Jones,  a  Tale  of  the  Sea.  By  the  Author  of  "Marion's 
Men,"  "Ernest  Harcourt,"  "Eveline  Trevor,"  etc.,  etc., 
etc. 

Once  more  upon  the  ocean.     Yet  once  more! 
And  the  waves  bound  beneath  me,  as  a  steed 
That  knows  its  rider.     Welcome  to  this  roar! 

Childe  Harold. 
I  never  was  on  the  dull  tame  shore, 
But  I  loved  the  great  sea  more  and  more. 

Barry  Cornwall. 


BIBLIOGRAPHY  237 

8vo,  64  pp.     Philadelphia:     A.  J.  Rockafellar,  98  Chestnut 
Street,     1843. 

Paul  Jones.  Naval  and  Military  Gazette.  London,  Janu- 
ary 14,  1843. 

American  Archives:  Consisting  of  a  Collection  of  Authen- 
tic Records.  State  Papers,  Debates,  and  Letters  and  other 
Notices  of  publick  Affairs,  the  Whole  Forming  a  Docu- 
mentary History  of  the  Origin  and  Progress  of  the  North 
American  Colonies;  of  the  Causes  and  Accomplishment 
of  the  American  Revolution;  and  of  the  Constitution  of 
the  Government  for  the  United  States,  to  the  final  Ratifi- 
cation Thereof.  In  Six  Series.  First  Series.  From  the 
Discovery  and  Settlement  of  the  North  American  Col- 
onies, to  the  Revolution  in  England,  in  1688.  Second  Se- 
ries. From  the  Revolution  in  England,  in  1688,  to  the 
Cession  of  Canada  to  Great  Britain,  by  the  Treaty  at 
Paris,  in  1763.  Third  Series.  From  the  Cession  of  Can- 
ada, in  1763,  to  the  King's  Message  to  Parliament,  of 
March  7th,  1774,  on  the  Proceedings  in  North  America. 
Fourth  Series.  From  the  King's  Message,  of  March  7th, 
1774,  to  the  Declaration  of  Independence,  by  the  United 
States,  in  1776.  Fifth  Series.  From  the  Declaration  of 
Independence,  in  1776,  to  the  Definitive  Treaty  of  Peace 
with  Great  Britain,  in  1783.  Sixth  Series.  From  the 
Treaty  of  Peace,  in  1783,  to  the  final  Ratification  of  the 
Constitution  of  Government  for  the  United  States,  Pro- 
posed by  the  Convention,  held  at  Philadelphia,  1787.  By 
Peter  Force.  Prepared  and  Published  under  Authority  of 
an  Act  of  Congress.     (1843). 

John  Paul  Jones:  Fourth  Series,  Vol.  Ill,  p.  1957. 
Vol.  V,  p.  932.  Vol  VI,  pp.  4418,  820,  844,  972,  511,  980. 
Fifth  Series,  Vol.  I,  pp.  784,  977.  Vol.  II,  pp.  171,  226, 
624,  1303,  1019,  1260,  1 105,  1 126,  1 194,  1 195,  1277.  Vol. 
Ill,  pp.  491,  507,  608,  659,  738,  660,  738,  739,  1 148,  1281, 
1282,  1283,  1284. 

John  Paul  Jones.  By  J.  Fenimore  Cooper,  Author  of  "The 
History  of  the  United  States  Navy,"  Etc.,  Graham's 
Lady's  and  Gentlemen's  Magazine,  Philadelphia,  pages  13 
to  25,  July,   1843;  74  to  88,  August,   1843. 

American  Naval  Biography,  Comprising  lives  of  the  Com- 
modores, and  other  Commanders  distinguished  in  the  his- 


238  PAUL  JONES 

tory  of  the  American  Navy.  Compiled  from  the  best 
Authorities,  by  John  Frost,  LL.D.  Professor  of  Belles 
Lettres  in  the  High  School  of  Philadelphia.  Embel- 
lished with  portraits,  views  of  remarkable  engagements, 
and  other  illustrative  engravings,  from  original  drawings 
by  W.  Croome,  James  Hamilton  and  others.  8vo,  xiv- 
440  pp.  Philadelphia:  Published  by  E.  H.  Butler. 
Stereotyped  by  C.  W.  Murray  &  Co.     1844. 

28th  Congress,  ist  session.  Doc.  No.  284,  House  of  Reps. 
Executive.  Message  from  the  President  of  the  United 
States  transmitting  a  communication  from  the  Secretary 
of  State,  and  copies  of  Letters  relative  to  obtaining  from 
the  Government  of  Denmark  indemnity  for  three  ships 
and  their  cargoes,  &c..  May  22,  1844.  8vo,  10  pp.  Blair 
&  Rives.  Printers,  Washington.     1844. 

The  ships  were  prizes  sent  by  John  Paul  Jones  to 
Bergen  (then  under  Danish  control)  and  by  the  Danish 
Government    surrendered    to    Great    Britain. 

T^ie   Pictorial   History  of  the   American   Revolution:     With 

ri  Sketch  of  the  Early  History  of  the  Country,  the  Consti- 
tution of  the  United  States,  and  a  Chronological  Index. 
Illustrated  with  several  hundred  engravings.  8vo,  432  pp. 
New  York:  Published  by  Robert  Sears,  128  Nassau 
Street.  Burgess,  Stringer  &  Co.;  W.  H.  Graham;  Judd 
&  Taylor — Boston;  Redding,  &  Co. — Philadelphia;  Zei- 
ber,  &  Co.;  Colon  &  Adriance — Baltimore;  Shurtz  & 
Taylor — Cincinnati;  Robinson  &  Jones — Louisville;  J.  H. 
Bagby — New  Orleans;  J.  B.  Steel  &  Co.,  Charleston, 
S.  C;  Silas  Howe — Penfield,  Ga.;  William  Richards — 
Atherts,  Ga.;  J.  J.  Richards, — and  sold  by  Booksellers  and 
Periodical  Agents  generally,  throughout  the  United 
States.     1845. 

John  Paul  Jones,  pp.  331-339- 

Nederlandsch  Museum.     Geschied-  en  Letterkundige  Merk- 

waardigheden  Natuurbeschrijvingen,  Aardrijkskundige 
Bijzonderheden,  Historische  en  Romantische  Verhalen, 
Bijeenverzameld  uit  de  Pennevruchten  van  verschillende 
Bekende  en  Anonyme  Oorspronkelijke  Schrijvers.  als- 
mede  Van  Geleerde  en  Kundige  Vertalers  Van  de  Beste 
Stukken  uit  Buitenlandsche  Periodieke  en  Andere  wer- 
ken.     Voor  het  Jaar  1845.     Met  platen.     Quarto,  410  pp. 


.  BIBLIOGRAPHY  239 

and  2  p.  of  index.  Amsterdam,  bij  C.  L.  Schleijer  en 
Zoon.     1845. 

Paul  Jones,  pages  70-71;  "Kapitein  Paul,"  from  the 
French  of  A.  Dumas,  pages  105-142. 

Anecdotes  of  Paul  Jones.     By  Cap.  K.  Biblioteka  dlia  Tchte- 
nia.     St.  Petersburg.     1844. 

Life  of  Rear-Admiral  John  Paul  Jones,  Chevalier  of  the  Milli- 

tary  Order  of  Merit,  and  of  the  Russian  Order  of  St. 
Anne,  &c.,  &c.  Compiled  from  his  original  Journals  and 
Correspondence:  Including  an  Account  of  his  Services 
in  the  American  Revolution,  and  in  the  War  between 
the  Russians  and  Turks  in  the  Black  Sea.  Illustrated 
with  numerous  engravings,  From  Original  Drawings,  by 
James  Hamilton.  8vo,  x-agg  pp.  Philadelphia:  Walker 
&  Gillis,  2,2  S.  Fourth  Street.     1845. 

Same:  Philadelphia:  Published  by  Grigg  &  Elliot, 
No.  9  North  Fourth  Street.  1846.  Reissued  1847,  1849. 
Latter  edition  gives  address  No.  14  North  Fourth  Street. 

Life   of    Rear-Admiral   John   Paul    Jones,    Chevalier    of    the 

Military  Order  of  Merit,  and  of  the  Russian  Order  of 
St.  Anne,  &c.,  &c.,  &c.  Compiled  from  his  original  Jour- 
nals and  Correspondence;  including  an  account  of  his 
services  in  the  American  Revolution,  and  in  the  War  be- 
tween the  Russians  and  Turks  in  the  Black  Sea.  Illus- 
trated with  numerous  engravings,  From  Original  Draw- 
ings By  James  Hamilton.  i2mo,  399  pp.  Philadelphia: 
Lippincott,  Grambo  &  Co.,  successors  to  Grigg,  Elliot  & 
Co.,  No.  14,  North  Fourth  Street.     1851. 

Reissues:  1853,  1854,  1858,  1867,  1869,  1875.  Lippincott 
imprint.     Same  size,  etc. 

Paul  Jones,  The  Pirate.     Two  vols,  in  one.     8vo,  544  pages. 
London:    N.D.     ( Ca.   1845.) 

Dramatic  Character  Portrait  of  Mr.  Elgood  as  Paul  Jones. 

Skelt's  Halfpenny  ("plain,  but  two  pence  coloured") 
Sm.     4to.     London:    Skelt.     N.D. 

The  Pictorial  Book  of  the  Commodores:  comprising  Lives 

of  Distinguished  Commanders  in  the  Navy  of  the  United 
States.  Compiled  from  the  best  Authority,  By  John 
Frost,  LL.D.,  author  of  "Pictorial  history  of  the  United 


240  PAUL  JONES 

States,"  "Pictorial  history  of  the  World,"  &c.  &c.  8vo, 
xiv-9-440  pp.  New  York:  Nafis  &  Cornish,  278  Pearl 
Street.  St.  Louis,  (Mo.)  Nafis,  Cornish  &  Co.  Phila- 
delphia:   John  B.  Perry.     N.D.     (1845.) 

The  Naval  and  Military  Sketch  Book  and  History  of  Adven- 
ture by  Flood  and  Field.  Part  VI.  Price  one  shilling. 
July.  8vo,  387  to  448  pp.  London:  Hugh  Cunningham, 
193  Strand,  and  all  Booksellers.  William  Stevens,  printer, 
Bell   Yard,   Temple    Bar.     1845. 

Paul  Jones,  pages  425-428. 

Issued  later  in  volume  form,  the  six  months'  num- 
bers bound  together  with  title:  "The  Naval  and  Military 
Sketch  Book  and  History  of  Adventure  by  Flood  and 
Field,"  8vo,  viii-448  pp.  London:  Hugh  Cunningham, 
Strand,  N.D.     (1845). 

Report  of  the  Committee  on  Naval  Affairs  of  the  House  of 

Representatives,  to  whom  have  been  referred  the  memo- 
rial and  other  papers  of  the  legal  representatives  of  John 
Paul  Jones,  fonnerly  a  captain  in  the  navy  of,  the  United 
States,  February  10,  1846.  8vo,  29  pp.  (Washington, 
1846.) 

Lives  of  Distinguished  Naval  Officers.  By  J.  Fenimore 
Cooper.  Author  of  "The  Spy,"  "The  Pilot,"  &c.  &c. 
i2mo.  Two  volumes.  Vignette  title,  before  regular  title. 
Vol.  I-Bainbridge,  Somers,  Shaw,  Shubrick,  Preble. 
Pages  252.  Vol.  Il-Jones,  Woolsey,  Perry,  Dale.  Pages 
264.     Philadelphia:     Carey    and    Hart.     1846. 

Reissues:  Auburn:  J.  C.  Derby,  1848;  New  York: 
Harper  &  Bros.     1849. 

The  History  of  England  from  the  accession  of  George  III, 

1760  to  the  accession  of  Queen  Victoria,  1837.  By  the 
Rev.  T.  S.  Hughes,  B.D.,  Canon  of  Peterborough.  Be- 
ing the  completion  of  the  history  of  England  from  the 
invasion  of  Julius  Caesar,  to  the  present  reign.  Third 
edition  with  the  author's  corrections,  improvements,  and 
enlargement.  To  which  is  prefixed,  A  preliminary  essay. 
In  seven  volumes.  8vo.  xvi-517;  xi-424;  viii-460;  viii-451; 
xi-475;  xi-507;  vii-615;  pp.  London:  George  Bell,  186 
Fleet  Street.     1846. 

Paul  Jones  is  referred  to  in  Vol.  II  on  pages  386, 
413,  414.  A  combination  of  Hume's  History.  Other 
Editions,  8vo,  1834;  4to,  1837;  and  8vo,  1854-1858. 


BIBLIOGRAPHY  241 

A  Bill  for  the  Relief  of  the  Heirs  of  John  Paul  Jones,  as 

introduced  in  the  House  of  Representatives,  by  Hon. 
Wni  B  Mackay,  from  the  Committee  on  Naval  affairs. 
8vo,  48  pp.  New  York:  Casper  C.  Childs,  Printer,  No. 
80  Vesey  Street.     1846. 

The  Life  and  Adventures  of  Paul  Jones.     8vo,  64  pp.     Nev\^ 
York:   William  H.  Graham,  Tribune  Building.     1846. 
Reissued   1848,  1869. 

Memoirs  of  his  own  time.  With  reminiscences  of  the  men 
and  events  of  the  Revolution.  By  Alexander  Graydon. 
Edited  by  John  Stockton  Littell.  8vo,  504  PP-  Phila- 
delphia.    1846. 

Washington  and  his  Generals.     By  J.  T.  Headley,  author  of 
"Napoleon    and   his    Marshals,"   "The    Sacred    Mountain, 
Etc      In  two  volumes.      i2mo,   xiv-348;   vi-372   pp.     New 
York:    Baker  and  Scribner,  36  Park  Row  and  145  Nassau 

Street.     1847.  ,  >t        v     1 

Reissued  by  Charles  Scribner,  same  plates,  New  York, 

1853. 

Seventeen  Hundred  and  Seventy-six;  or,  The  War  of  Inde- 
pendence. A  History  of  the  Anglo-Americans  from 
the  period  of  the  Union  of  the  Colonies  against  the  French 
to  the  Inauguration  of  Washington,  the  first  President 
of  the  United  States  of  America.  Illustrated  by  numer- 
ous Engravings  of  plans  of  Battles,  prominent  events, 
interesting  Localities  and  Portraits  of  Distinguished  Men 
of  the  period.  By  Benson  J.  Lossing.  8vo,  510  pp.  New 
York:     Edward  Walker,   114  Fulton  Street.     1847. 

Naval    Heroes   of    America.     32mo.    x-191    pages.      Philadel- 
phia:    Edward  W.  Miller,  No.  11  George  Street.     1847. 
John  Paul  Jones,  pages   12-19. 

Incidents  in  American  History;  Being  a  Selection  of  the 
most  Important  and  Interesting  Events  which  have  trans- 
pired since  the  Discovery  of  America,  to  the  Present 
Time.  Compiled  from  the  most  approved  authorities.  By 
J.  W.  Barber.  i2mo,  404  pp.  New  York:  Published  by 
Geo.  F.  Cooledge  &  Brother,  Booksellers  and  Publishers, 
323  Pearl  Street.  (1847). 
John  Paul  Jones,  p.  154. 


242  PAUL  JONES 

Report  of  the  Committee  of  Claims,  to  whom  was  referred 

the  bill  from  the  Senate,  for  the  relief  of  the  heirs  of  John 
Paul  Jones,  December  21,  1847.  8vo,  56  pp.  (Washing- 
ton,   1847.) 

A  Relic  of  the  Revolution,  containing  a  Full  and  Particular 

Account  of  the  Sufferings  and  Privations  of  all  the 
American  Prisoners  captured  on  the  high  seas,  and  car- 
ried into  Plymouth,  England,  during  the  Revolution  of 
1776;  with  the  names  of  the  vessels  taken — the  names  and 
residence  of  the  several  crews,  and  time  of  their  com- 
initment — the  names  of  such  as  died  in  prison,  and  such 
as  made  their  escape,  or  entered  on  board  English  men- 
of-war;  until  the  exchange  of  prisoners,  March  15,  1779. 
Also,  an  account  of  the  several  cruises  of  the  squadron 
under  the  command  of  Commodore  John  Paul  Jones, 
prizes  taken,  etc.,  etc.  By  Charles  Herbert,  of  Newbury- 
port,  Mass.  Who  was  taken  prisoner  in  the  brigantine 
Dolton,  Dec,  1776,  and  served  in  the  U.  S.  frigate  "Alli- 
ance," 1779-80.  i6mo,  258  pp.  Boston:  Published  for  the 
proprietor,  by  Charles  H.  Peirce.     1847. 

The  Prisoners  of  1776;  a  Relic  of  the  Revolution  containing 
a  full  and  Particular  account  of  the  Sufiferings  and  Priva- 
tions of  all  the  American  Prisoners  captured  on  the  High 
Seas,  and  carried  into  Plymouth,  England.  During  the 
Revolution  of  1776.  Also  an  account  of  the  several 
cruises  of  the  squadron  under  the  command  of  Commo- 
dore John  Paul  Jones.  Prizes  Taken,  etc.,  etc.  By  Rev. 
R.  Livesey.  Compiled  from,  the  Journal  of  Charles  Her- 
bert of  Newburyport,  Mass.  Who  was  taken  prisoner 
in  the  Brigantine  "Dolton,"  Dec.  1776,  and  confined  in  Old 
Mill  Prison,  Plymouth,  England.  i2mo,  264  pp.  Boston: 
Printed  for  the  Proprietor,  by  Geo.  C.  Rand.     1854. 

Life  and  Correspondence  of  Joseph  Reed,  Military  Secretary 

of  Washington  at  Cambridge,  Adjutant  General  of  the 
Continental  Army,  etc.  By  William  B.  Reed.  Two  vols. 
8vo,  437;  507  pp.     Philadelphia:     Lindsay  and   Blakiston. 

1847. 

Paul  Jones,  pages  75-76. 

Paul  Jones  and  Merran  Blair.  By  N.  R.  Family  Herald, 
Vol.  IV,  No.  196,  pages  525-30.     London,  Feb.  6,  1847. 


BIBLIOGRAPHY  243 

American  Historical  and  Literary  Curiosities;  Consisting  of 

Fac-Similes  of  Original  Documents  relating  to  the  Events 
in  the  Revolution.  &c.,  &c.  With  a  variety  of  Reliques, 
Antiquities,  and  Modern  Autographs.  Collected  and 
Edited  by  J.  Jay  Smith,  Librarian  of  the  Philadelphia  and 
Loganian  Libraries.  And  John  F.  Watson.  Annalist  of 
Philadelphia  and  New  York.  Assisted  by  the  Associa- 
tion of  American  Antiquarians.  Two  Volumes,  folio. 
p.n.n.  Second  Edition.  Philadelphia:  Published  by 
Lloyd  P.  Smith.     1847. 

Vol.  I:  John  Hancock's  certificate  of  the  appoint- 
ment of  John  Paul  Jones  to  the  Command  of  the  sloop 
"Providence."  A  letter  from  Paul  Jones  introducing  John 
Barry,   Esq..  afterwards   Commodore   Barry. 

American  Historical  and  Literary  Curiosities;  Consisting  of 
Fac-Similes  of  Original  Documents  relating  to  the  Events 
of  the  Revolution,  &c.  &c.  With  a  variety  of  Reliques, 
Antiquities,  and  modern  Autographs.  Collected  and 
edited  by  John  Jay  Smith  and  John  F.  Watson.  Assisted 
by  an  association  of  American  Antiquarians.  Sixth  edi- 
tion, with  improvements  and  additions.  8vo,  two  volumes. 
Philadelphia:   W.   Brotherhead.     1861. 

Histoire  Generale  De  La  Marine  Comprenant  Les  Naufrages 

Celebres  Les  Voyages  Autour  Du  Monde,  Les  Decou- 
vertes  Et  Colonisations  L'Histoire  Des  Pirates,  Corsaires 
Et  Negriers  Exploits  Des  Marine  Illustres  Voyages  Dans 
Les  Mers  Glaciales  Guerres  Et  Batailles  Navales 
Jusqu'Au  Bombardement  De  Tanger  Et  La  Prise  De 
Mogador  Par  Le  Prince  De  Joinville.  Edition  Splen- 
didement  Illustree  Publiee  Sous  La  Direction  De  M. 
Van  Tenac  Attache  Au  Ministere  De  La  Marine.  Four 
vols.  Large  8vo,  397;  398;  398;  396  pp;  Paris:  Eugene 
Et  Victor  Penaud  Freres,  Editeurs,  10,  Rue  Du  Faubourg 
Montmartre.     1847-1848. 

Paul  Jones  and  Pearson,  Vol.  Ill,  pp.  374-3/6. 

The   Pirates   of    Cape    Ann;   or,   The    Freebooter's   Foe.     A 

Tale  of  Land  and  Water.  By  Charies  E.  Averill,  Author 
of  "The  Secret  Service  Ship,"  "The  Wreckers,"  etc..  etc., 
etc.  8vo,  100  pp.  Boston:  Published  by  F.  Gleason, 
At  The  Flag  of  Our  Union  Office,  Corner  of  Court  and 
Tremont  Streets.     N.D.     (1848). 


244  PAUL  JONES 

The   History   of   France   from  the   Earliest   Times  to    1848. 

By  M.  Guizot  and  Madam  Guizot  de  Witt.  Translated 
by  Robert  Black.  8vo,  8  vols.  London  and  New  York: 
The    Chesterfield    Society.     N.D. 

Paul  Jones  references,  Vol.  V,  p.  281. 

Speech  of  Hon.  G.  A.  Starkweather,  of  N,  Y.,  on  the  Bill  for 

the  Relief  of  the  heirs  of  John  Paul  Jones,  delivered  in 
the  House  of  Representatives,  February  11,  1848.  8vo, 
7  pp.  Washington:  Printed  at  the  Congressional  Globe 
Office.     1848. 

Memoirs  of  the  Generals,  Commodores  and  other  Com- 
manders w^ho  distinguished  themselves  in  the  American 
Army  and  Navy  during  the  War  of  the  Revolution  and 
1812,  and  who  were  presented  with  Medals,  by  Congress, 
for  their  Gallant  services.  By  Thomas  Wyatt,  A.M. 
Author  of  the  "Kings  of  France,"  Etc.,  Etc.  Illustrated 
by  eighty-two  engravings  on  steel  from  original  medals. 
8vo,  viii-3i=;  pp.  Philadelphia:  Published  by  Carey  and 
Hart.     MDCCCXLVIII. 

Life  of  Paul  Jones.  By  Edward  Hamilton,  i2mo,  304  pp. 
Aberdeen:  Published  by  George  Clark  and  Son.  Lon- 
don: W.  Brittain,  54  Paternoster  Row.  MDCCCXL- 
VIII. 

This  is  simply  a  reprint  in  one  volume  of  Alexander 
Slidell  Mackenzie's  "Life"  first  issued  in  two  volumes, 
Boston,  1841.  How  Mackenzie  was  transformed  into 
"Edward  Hamilton"  none  of  the  biographers  reveal. 

Paul  Jones,  the  Son  of  the  Sea.  By  Alexander  Dumas.  8vo, 
106  pp.     New   York:     W.   F.   Burgess.     1849. 

The  Book   of   Remarkable    Characters    and    Events.     Com- 
prising the  Lives  and  Histories  of  the  most  extraordinary 
Persons    of    Ancient    and    Modern    times.     i2mo,    384    pp. 
Hartford:     Published  by  S.  Andrews   &  Son.     1850. 
John  Paul  Jones,  pages  299-324. 

The  Pictorial   History  of  the  American   Navy:   Comprising 
the    Lives    of   its    Distinguished    Commanders.     8vo,    xiv- 
(i)-0-44O  pp.     New  York:     Nafis    &   Cornish.     1850. 
Same:     New    York:     Leavitt    &   Allen.     1854. 


BIBLIOGRAPHY  245 

The  Lives  and  Exploits  of  the  Most  Notorious  Pirates  and 

Their  Crews.  By  a  Sea  Captain.  32x110,  324  pp.  Hali- 
fax (Eng.):  Printed  and  Published  by  William  Milner, 
Cheapside.     MDCCCL. 

Paul  Jones,  pages  151-170. 

Lives,   Exploits  and   Cruelties   of  the  most   Celebrated   Pi- 
rates   and    Sea    Robbers.      Brought    down    to    the    Latest 
Period.     i8mo,  320  pp.     Frontispiece  in  colors.     London: 
Milner  and    Company,   Paternoster  Row.     N.D. 
Paul  Jones,  pp.  237-256. 

The  Works  of  John  Adams,  Second  President  of  the  United 

States:  With  a  Life  of  the  Author,  Notes  and  Illustra- 
tions, by  his  Grandson,  Charles  Francis  Adams.  Large 
8vo,  Ten  volumes.  Boston:  Little,  Brown  and  Com- 
pany.    1856. 

John  Paul  Jones,  Vol.  IH,  163,  201,  202.  Vol.  VH,  13, 
15-17,  97-  Vol.  Vin,  319-  Vol.  Ill,  198,  211.  Vol.  VII, 
66,  122,  170,  205.    VIII.  164,  165,  468.     X,  28,  30. 

The  Annals  of  Yorkshire  from  the  Earliest  Period  to  the 

Present  Time.  Compiled  by  Henry  Schroeder.  8vo,  424- 
(2)   pages.     Leeds:     Published  by  Crosby  &  Co.     1851. 

The  Annals  of  Yorkshire  from  the  Earliest  Period  to  1852. 
Compiled  by  Henry  Schroeder.  8vo,  viii-404-(3)  pages. 
Leeds:  Published  by  George  Cro.sby.  1852.  (Second 
Vol.  of  above.) 

Historical   sketches   of   North    Carolina  from    1584   to    1851. 

Compiled  from  original  records,  official  documents,  and 
traditional  statements.  With  biographical  sketches  of  her 
distinguished  statesmen,  jurists,  lawyers,  soldiers,  divines, 
etc.  By  John  H.  Wheeler,  late  Treasurer  of  the  state. 
Illustrated  with  engravings.  Two  vols  in  one.  8vo,  480 
pp.  Philadelphia:  Lippincott,  Grambo  and  Co.,  Succes- 
sors to  Grigg,  Elliot  and  Co.     1851. 

The  War  of  1788.     By  Todleben.     St.  Petersburg.     1851. 

Thrilling  Incidents  of  the  Wars  of  the  United  States,  com- 
prising the  most  Striking  and  Remarkable  Events  of  the 
Revolution,  the  French  War,  the  Tripolitan  War,  the  In- 
dian  War,  the  Second  War  with   Great   Britain,  and  the 


246  PAUL  JONES 

Mexican  War.  With  three  hundred  Engravings.  By  the 
Author  of  "The  Army  and  Navy  of  the  United  States." 
8vo,  600  pp.  New  York:  Published  by  Robert  Sears,  128 
Nassau  Street.     1851. 

The  Pictorial  Field-Book  of  the  Revolution;  or.  Illustrations, 
by  Pen  and  Pencil,  of  the  History,  Biography.  Scenery, 
Relics,  and  Traditions  of  the  War  for  Independence. 
By  Benson  J.  Lossing.  With  several  hundred  engrav- 
ings on  wood,  by  Lossing  and  Barritt,  chiefly  from  orig- 
inal sketches  by  the  author.  In  2  vols.  Large  8vo,  xxxii- 
576-16;  xvi-880-35  PP-  New  York:  Harper  &  Brothers, 
publishers,  82  Cliff  Street.     1851-1852. 

The  Pictorial  Field-Book  of  the  Revolution;  or,  Illustrations, 
by  Pen  and  Pencil,  of  the  History,  Biography,  Scenery, 
Relics,  and  Traditions  of  the  War  for  Independence.  By 
Benson  J.  Lossing.  With  eleven  hundred  engravings  on 
wood,  by  Lossing  and  Barritt,  chiefly  from  original 
sketches  by  the  author.  In  two  volumes.  4to,  xxxii  (33)- 
783;  viii-(9)-772  pp.  New  York:  Harper  &  Brothers, 
publishers,  Franklin  Square.  1855. 
Paul  Jones  medal,  page  643,  Vol.  2. 

The  Sages  and  Heroes  of  the  American  Revolution.  In  two 
parts,  including  the  signers  of  the  Declaration  of  Inde- 
pendence. Two  hundred  and  forty-three  of  the  Sages 
and  Heroes  are  presented  in  due  form  and  many  others 
are  named  incidentally.  By  L.  Carroll  Judson,  Author  of 
a  Biography  of  the  Signers  of  the  Declaration  of  Inde- 
pendence, Moral  Probe,  et  cet.,  et  cet.  8vo,  vi-480  pp. 
Philadelphia,    Published   bj'^  the   Author.     1851. 

The  Sages  and  Heroes  of  the  American  Revolution.     In  two 

parts.  Including  the  Signers  of  the  Declaration  of  Inde- 
pendence. Two  hundred  and  forty-three  of  the  Sages 
and  Heroes  are  presented  in  due  form  and  many  others 
are  named  incidentally.  By  L.  Carroll  Judson,  Author 
of  A  Biography  of  the  Signers  of  the  Declaration  of 
Independence,  Moral  Probe,  et  cet.,  et  cet.  Revised 
stereotype  edition.  8vo,  vi-480  pp.  Philadelphia:  Pub- 
lished by  the  Author.     1852. 

Paul  Jones,  Part  II,  pages  444-45. 

Reissued,  Philadelphia,  1854-1862. 


BIBLIOGRAPHY  247 

Campaigns    of    Roumianzeflf,    Potemkin    and    Souvaroff.     By 

M.  N.  Rogdanovitch.     St.  Petersburg.     1852. 

A   History  of  the  United    States    Navy,    and    Biographical 

Sketches  of  American  Naval  Heroes  from  the  formation 
of  the  Navy  to  the  close  of  the  Mexican  War.  By 
Charles  J.  Peterson.  8vo,  xv-6ii  pp.  Philadelphia:  J.  & 
J.  Gihon.     1852. 

The   American   Navy:     Being  an   Authentic   History   of  the 

United  States  Navy  and  Biographical  Sketches  of  Ameri- 
can Naval  Heroes,  from  the  Formation  of  the  Navy  to 
the  close  of  the  Mexican  War,  by  Charles  J.  Peterson, 
author  of  "The  History  of  the  American  Revolution." 
"The  Military  heroes  of  the  War  of  1812."  "The  Mili- 
tary Heroes  of  the  War  with  Mexico,"  Etc.  Etc.  Illus- 
trated with  over  one  hundred  fine  engravings.  Royal  Svo, 
xiii-545  pp.  Philadelphia:  Published  by  Jas.  B.  Smith  & 
Co.,  No.  146  Chestnut  Street.     1856. 

References  to  Paul  Jones  p.  67;  "Bon  Homme  Rich- 
ard" and  "Serapis,"  p.  85. 

Reissued:     same  1857,  1859;  xiv-S45  pp.     i860. 

Lives    and    Exploits    of    English    Highwaymen,    Pirates    & 

Robbers;  Drawn  from  the  most  authentic  sources.  By 
Capt.  Charles  Johnson.  Revised  and  continued  to  the 
Present  time.  By  C.  Whitehead,  Esq.  Embellished  with 
Sixteen    spirited    Engravings. 

"Little  villains  oft  submit  to  Fate, 

That  great  ones  may  enjoy  the  world  in  state." 
i^mo,   422   pp.     London:     Henry   G.    Bohn,    York   Street, 
Covent  Garden.     MDCCCXLH. 

Paul  Jones,  pages  385-414. 

Universal  Naval  History.  Comprising  the  Naval  History  of 
the  principal  Maritime  Nations  of  the  World  from  the 
earliest  period  to  the  present.  By  John  Frost,  LL.D.  Svo, 
608  pp.     New  York:     H.  E.  Robins  &  Co.     1852. 

The  Romance  of  the  Revolution,  being  a  History  of  the  Per- 
sonal Adventures,  Heroic  Exploits,  and  Romantic  Inci- 
dents, as  enacted  in  the  War  of  Independence.  Edited 
by  Oliver  B.  Bunce.  8vo,  xxx-432  pp.  New  York:  Pub- 
lished by  Bunce  &  Brothers,  134  Nassau  Street.  1852. 
Richard  Dale,  pages  144-47. 


248  PAUL  JONES 

De  Kerk,  School  en  Wetenschap  in  de  Vereenigde   Staten 

van  Noord-Amerika.  D.  Buddingh.  Three  vols.  8vo, 
xi-167;  XX-27S;  xii-343  pp.  Utrechi,  Kemink  en  Zoon,  1852- 
1853. 

Paul  Jones,  pages  137-8,  340. 

The  History  of  the  National  Flag  of  the  United  States  of 
America.  By  Schuyler  Hamilton.  8vo,  115  pp.  Phila- 
delphia:    1853. 

Paul  Jones.  The  Son  of  the  Sea.  By  Alexander  Dumas. 
8vo,   105  pp.     New  York:     Garrett  &  Co.     (N.D.)     1853. 

Illustrated  American  Biography;  Containing  Correct  Por- 
traits and  Brief  Notices  of  the  Principal  Actors  in  Ameri- 
can History;  Embracing  Distinguished  Women,  Naval 
and  Military  Heroes,  Statesmen,  Civilians,  Jurists,  Divines, 
Authors  and  Artists;  together  with  celebrated  Indian 
Chiefs.  From  Christopher  Columbus  down  to  the  Pres- 
ent Time.  Complete  in  Six  Volumes.  Each  Volume 
will  contain  One  Hundred  Portraits,  and  be  divided  into 
Three  Parts.  Part  I,  Embracing  the  Period  from  the 
Discovery,  by  Columbus,  to  the  Declaration  of  Independ- 
ence. Part  II,  Embracing  the  Period  from  the  Declara- 
tion of  Independence,  to  the  War  of  1812,  with  England. 
Part  III,  Embracing  the  Period  subsequent  to  the  War  of 
1812.  One  volume  to  be  issued  annually.  By  A.  D. 
Jones.  Vol.  I,  4to,  412  pages.  New  York.  J.  Milton 
Emerson  and  Company.  MDCCCLIII. 
John  Paul  Jones,  pp.  195-196. 

The  American  Historical  Annual.  Illustrated  with  numer- 
ous Engravings.  8vo,  388  pp.  New  York:  Published  by 
John  S.  Taylor,   143  Nassau  Street.     1853. 

"Paul   Jones"   by  J.   T.    Headley,   pages   329-349,   with 
steel  portrait. 

The  Navy  of  the  United  States  from  the  Commencement, 

1775  to  1853;  a  Brief  History  of  each  Vessel's  service  and 
fate  as  appears  upon  record.  Compiled  by  Lieut.  George 
P.  Emmons,  U.S.N.,  from  the  most  reliable  sources, 
under  the  authority  of  the  Naval  Department.  To  which 
is  added  a  list  of  Private  Armed  Vessels,  fitted  out  under 
the  American  Flag,  previous  and  subsequent  to  the  Revo- 


BIBLIOGRAPHY  249 

lutionary  War,  with  their  services  and  fate;  also  a  list  of 
the  Revenue  and  Coast  survey-vessels  and  principal  ocean 
steamers,  belonging  to  citizens  of  the  United  States  in 
1850.  4to,  2o8-(i)  pp.  Washington:  Printed  by  Gideon 
&  Co.,  MDCCCLIII. 

Correspondence  of  the  American  Revolution;  Being  Letters 
of  Eminent  Men  to  George  Washington,  from  the  time 
of  his  taking  command  of  the  Army  to  the  end  of  his 
Presidency.  Edited  from  the  Original  Manuscripts.  By 
Jared  Sparks.  Four  vols.  Large  Svo,  viii-549;  554;  560; 
555   PP-     Boston:     Little,   Brown,   and   Company.     1853. 

John  Paul  Jones,  Vol.   Ill,  pp.   161,  242;  Vol.  IV,  pp. 
192,  219,  307,  308. 

De  Navorscher,  Een  Middel  tot  Gedachtenwisseling  en  Let- 

terkundig  Verkeer  Tusschen  Allen,  die  lets  Weten,  lets 
Te  Vragen  Hebben,  Of  lets  Kunnen  Oplossen.  Met 
Bijdragen  Van  de  Heeren:  A.  J.  Van  Der  AA;  Dr.  J.  P. 
Arend;  Mr.  A.  Backer;  N.  P.  Van  Den  Berg;  Mr.  J.  T. 
Bodel  Nijenhuis;  Prof.  P.  Bosscha;  C.  W.  Bruinvis;  D, 
Buddingh;  J.  H.  Van  Dale;  Mr.  J.  Dirks;  Dr.  J.  C. 
Drabbe;  Jhr.  W.  C.  J.  Rammelman  Elsevier;  E.  Gerdes; 
Dr.  B.  Glasius;  Ds.  A.  P.  Van  Groningen;  J.  Badon 
Ghijben;  Mr.  M.  C.  Van  Hall;  K.  J.  R.  Van  Harderwijk; 
Mr.  W.  J.  C.  Van  Hasselt;  Ds.  O.  G.  Heldring;  C.  J. 
Hellingwerflf;  Dr.  A.  A.  Van  Heusden;  Dr.  J.  J.  De  Hol- 
lander; J.  Honig  Jzn.  Jr;  Dr.  L.  J.  F.  Janssen;  J.  Ph.  Van 
Der  Kellen;  G.  L.  Kepper;  S.  F.  Klijnsma;  Ds.  J.  C. 
Kobus;  Mr.  J.  L.  De  Bruyn  Kops;  C.  Kramm;  G.  Kuyper, 
Hzn;  W.  J.  Lagerwey;  Mr.  J.  Van  Lennep;  J.  H.  Van 
Lennep;  Ds.  H.  Mensinga;  J.  F.  G.  Meijer;  Dr.  E.  Moll; 
J.  Moulin;  J.  W.  Muller;  S.  I.  Mulder;  J.  J.  Nieuwen- 
huijzen;  Dr.  I.  A.  Nijhoflf;  P.  Nijhoff;  Ds.  H.  M.  C.  Van 
Oosterzee;  R.  Posthumus;  Ds.  Is.  Prins;  J.  B.  Rietstap; 
M.  Roest,  Mz.;  G.  P.  Roos;  Dr.  R.  C.  H.  Romer;  G.  Van 
Sandwijk;  Ds.  J.  G.  De  Hoop  ScheflFer;  Dr.  P.  Scheltema; 
A.  D.  Schinkel;  Dr.  G.  D.  J.  Schotel;  J.  Schreuder;  J. 
Scott;  Dr.  F.  A.  Snellaert;  Dr.  H.  J.  Spijker;  Mr.  J.  H. 
De  Stoppelaar;  Dr.  E.  B.  Swalue;  Mr.  H.  J.  Swaving; 
Mr.  R.  W.  Tadama;  Dr.  P.  H.  Tydeman;  Dr.  D.  J.  Vee- 
gens;  Mr.  L.  G.  Vernee;  Prof.  P.  J.  Veth;  Prof.  L.  G. 
Visscher;  Dr.  A.  Van  Der  Willigen;  J.  J.  Wolfs;  Ds.  P. 
E.   Van   Der   Zee,   en  velen   die   nog   onbekend  wenschen 


250  PAUL  JONES 

te    blijven.     Viresque    acquirit    eundo.     Derde    Jaargang. 
8vo,  410  pp.     Amsterdam,   Bij    Frederik  Muller.     1853. 
Paul  Jones,  pages  38-40. 

Daring     Deeds     of     American     Heroes,    with     Biographical 

Sketches.      Edited  by  James   O.   Brayman,   Esq. 
"How  sleep  the  brave,  who  sink  to  rest, 
With   all    their   country's   honor   blest." 
i2mo,  xvi-49g  pp.     Auburn:  Derby  &  Miller.     1853. 

Daring     Deeds     of     American     Heroes     with     Biographical 

Sketches.     Edited  by  James  O.  Brayman,   Esq. 
"How  sleep  the  brave,  who  sink  to  rest. 
With   all   their   country's   honor   blest." 
i2mo,  xvi-499  pp.     New  York  and  Auburn:     Miller,   Or- 
ton   and    Mulligan,    New   York:   24  Park   Row.     Auburn: 
107  Genesee  St.     1856. 

Paul  Jones:     Naval  battle,  pages  159-161. 

Israel  Potter;  or,  Fifty  Years  of  Exile.  A  Fourth  of  July 
Story.  Putnam's  Magazine,  July-December,  1854.  Jan- 
uary-February-March, 1855.  New  York:  G.  P.  Putnam 
&  Co.,  ID  Park  Place.  London:  Sampson,  Low,  Son  & 
Co. 

Not  completed  owing  to  suspension  of  the  magazine. 

Israel  Potter.  His  Fifty  Years  of  Exile.  By  Herman  Mel- 
ville, Author  of  "Typee,"  "Omoo,"  etc.  i2mo,  276  pp. 
New  York:     G.  P.  Putnam  &  Co.,  10  Park  Place.     1855. 

Contains  some  vivid  chapters  on  Paul  Jones.  Re- 
printed under  the  title:  "The  Refugee."  i2mo,  286  pp. 
Philadelphia:     T.  B.  Peterson  &  Brothers.     1865. 

Israel  Potter.  His  Fifty  Years  of  Exile.  By  Herman  Mel- 
ville, Author  of  "Typee,"  "Omoo,"  etc.  i2mo,  174  pp. 
London:     G.   Routledge   &   Co.,   Farrington  Street.     1855. 

John  Paul  Jones.  By  Benson  J.  Lossing.  Harper's  Maga- 
zine, Vol.  XI,  pages  145-170.     New  York:  July,   1855. 

Beaumarchais  Et  Son  Temps.  Etudes  Sur  La  Societe  En 
France  Au  XVIII*^  Siecle  D'Apres  Des  Documents  In- 
edits  Par  Louis  De  Lomenie.  Two  Vols.  8vo.  xi-520; 
595  PP-  Paris:  Michel  Levy  Freres,  Libraires-Editeurs 
Rue  Vivienne,  2  Bis.     1855. 


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2sl 


Life  and   Battles  of  John   Paul   Jones,  the   Greatest   Naval 

Hero  of  Modern  Times.  Written  Iiy  Himself  and  Edited 
by  Miss  Janette  Taylor  from  original  Letters  and  Man- 
uscripts. 8vo,  555  pp.  Boston:  Tublished  by  N.  B, 
Parsons.     1855. 

Reprint  of  the  Sands  volume  of  1830. 

The  United  States  Navy.  The  Dublin  University  Magazine, 
pages  253-268.     Dublin,  September,  1856. 

Diary  of  the  American  Revolution.  From  Newspapers  and 
Original  Documents.  By  Frank  Moore.  Two  volumes. 
8vo,  iv-S28;  559  pp.  New  York:  Charles  Scribner, 
Grand  Street.  London:  Sampson,  Low,  Son  &  Com- 
pany.    MDCCCLX. 

John  Paul  Jones,  Vol.  II,  p.  390. 

Diary  of  the  American  Revolution.  From  Newspapers  and 
Original  Documents.  By  Frank  Moore.  Two  vols.  8vo, 
528;  539  pp.  New  York:  Charles  Scribner,  Grand  Street. 
London:   Sampson  Low,   Son   &  Company.     MDCCCLX. 

Diary  of  the  American  Revolution.  From  Newspapers  and 
Original  Documents.  By  Frank  Moore.  Two  Volumes 
in  One.  8vo,  528;  559  pp.  New  York:  Charles  T.  Evans, 
No.  448  Broadway.     1863. 

Diary  of  the  American  Revolution.  From  Newspapers  and 
Original  Documents.  By  Frank  Moore.  Two  Vols.  Roy. 
8vo,  528;  559  pp.     New  York:  Privately  Printed.     1865. 

Edition    of    100   copies    on   large   paper.     Paul   Jones, 
Vol.  II,  page  390. 

Vies  Des  Marins  Celebres.  Anciens  et  Modernes.  Fran- 
cois et  Etrangers.  Nouvelle  Edition,  revue  augmenetree — 
Portrets.     Sm.  8vo,  258  pp.     Paris:     B.   Renault.     1856. 

The  Pictorial  Cyclopaedia  of  Biography:  Embracing  a  Se- 
ries of  Original  Memoirs  of  the  most  Distinguished  Per- 
sons of  all  Times.  Written  for  this  work  by  Sir  Archi- 
bald Alison,  D.C.L.,  William  Baird,  M.D..  F.L.S.,  Sir  Da- 
vid Brewster,  F.R.S.,  James  Bryce,  A.M.,  F.G.S.,  John 
Hill  Burton,  Professor  Creasy,  A.M.,  Professor  Eadie, 
D.D.,  LL.D.,  Professor  Ferguson,  A.M.,  Professor  Gor- 
don, F.R.S.E.,  James  Hedderwick,  John  A.  Heraud,  Rob- 


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ert  Jamieson.  D.D.,  Charles  Knight,  James  Manson, 
James  M'Connechy,  Professor  Nichol,  LL.D.,  Elihu  Rich, 
Professor  Spalding,  M.A.  Professor  Thomson,  M.D., 
F.R.S.,  Ralph  N.  Wornum.  American  Edition.  Edited 
by  Francis  L.  Hawks,  D.D.,  LL.D.  With  numerous  illus- 
trations. Large  8vo,  6-1058-2  pp.  New  York:  D.  Ap- 
pleton  and  Company,  346  &  348  Broadway.  M.DCCC- 
LVL 

John  Paul  Jones,  p.  432. 

Picturesque  History  of  Yorkshire,  being  an  Account  of  the 

History,  Topography,  Antiquities,  Industries  and  Mod- 
ern Life  of  the  Cities,  Towns  and  Villages  of  the  County 
of  York,  founded  on  personal  observations  made  during 
many  Journeys  through  the  three  Ridings.  By  J.  S. 
Fletcher.  In  Six  volumes,  with  over  600  illustrations. 
Vol.  VI.  London:  The  Caxton  Publishing  Company, 
Clean  House,  Surrey  St.,  W.  C. 
Paul  Jones,  pages  160  and  162. 

History  of  Scotland.  From  the  Earliest  Period  to  the  Pres- 
ent Time.  With  numerous  Engravings.  Two  vols. 
Svo,  lxxi-526;  577  pp.  Blackie  and  Son:  Frederick 
Street,  Glasgow;  South  College  Street,  Edinburgh;  and 
Warwick  Square,  London.  MDCCCLVI. 
Paul  Jones,  page  530,  Vol.  II. 

A  Pictorial  History  of  the  Western  World.     By  S.  G.  Good- 
rich.    Illustrated    with    more    than    300    engravings.     Svo, 
961  pp.     New  York:     N.  Watson.     1856. 
Portrait  and  account  of  Paul  Jones. 

Ocean  Scenes;  or,  The  Perils  and  Beauties  of  the  Deep: 
Being  instructive  and  graphic  Accounts  of  the  most  popu- 
lar Voyages  on  record;  Remarkable  shipwrecks,  hair- 
breadth Escapes,  Naval  Adventures,  The  Whale  Fishery, 
Etc.  Illustrated  by  fine  Engravings.  i2mo,  492  pp. 
New  York:  Leavitt  and  Allen,  No.  379  Broadway.  1857. 
John  Paul  Jones,  page  246. 

The  Letters  of  Horace  Walpole,  Earl  of  Orford.     Edited  by 

Peter  Cunningham.     Now   first  chronologically  arranged. 

Large    Svo,    Nine    volumes.     London:     Richard    Bentley. 

Publisher  in  Ordinary  to  Her  Majesty.     M.D.CCC.LVII. 

John   Paul  Jones,   Vol.  VII,  pp.  59,  273. 


BIBLIOGRAPHY  253 

A  History  of  the  United  States.  For  Families  and  Libraries. 
By  Benson  J.  Lossing.  Author  of  'Tictorial  Ficld-Book 
of  the  Revolution,"  "History  of  the  United  States  for 
Schools,"  "Lives  of  Eminent  Americans,"  etc.  Illustrated 
with  nearly  three  hundred  engravings,  4to,  viii-672  pp. 
New   York:    Mason    Brothers,    108   &    no,    Duane    Street. 

1857. 

John  Paul  Jones,  pp.  306,  307,  308. 

The  Diplomatic  Correspondence  of  the  American  Revolu- 
tion; Being  the  letters  of  Benjamin  Franklin,  Silas  Deane, 
John  Adams,  John  Jay,  Arthur  Lee,  William  Lee,  Ralph 
Izard,  Francis  Dana,  William  Carmichael,  Henry  Lau- 
rens, John  Laurens,  M.  Dumas  and  others,  concerning  the 
foreign  relations  of  the  United  States  during  the  whole 
revolution,  together  with  the  letters  in  reply  from  the 
Secret  Committee  of  Congress  and  the  Secretary  of  For- 
eign Affairs,  also  the  entire  correspondence  of  the  French 
Ministers,  Gerard  and  Luzerne  with  Congress.  Published 
under  the  direction  of  the  President  of  the  United  States 
from  original  manuscripts  in  the  department  of  State  con- 
formably to  a  resolution  of  Congress,  March  27,  1818. 
Edited  by  Jared  Sparks.  New  edition.  Six  vols.  8vo, 
763;  730;  728;  727;  747;  710  pp.  Washington:  Published: 
John    C.   Rives.     1857. 

The  Naval  Battles  of  the  United  States  in  the  different  Wars 

with  Foreign  Nations,  from  the  Commencement  of  the 
Revolution  to  the  present  time,  including  Privateering. 
Embellished  with  twenty  elegant  engravings.  i2mo,  278 
pp.  Boston:  Higgins,  Bradley  and  Dayton,  20  Wash- 
ington Street.     1857. 

The  Life  and  Recollections  of  John  Rowland,  late  President 

of  the  Rhode  Island  Historical  Society.  By  Edwin  M. 
Stone,  8vo,  348  pp.  Providence:  George  H.  Whitney. 
1857. 

Paul  Jones,  page  57.  Story  of  Jones's  encounter  with 
the  Sheriff  at  Providence,  who  attempted  his  arrest  for 
"pressing"  the  crew  of  a  privateer  owned  by  Joseph  Law- 
rence and  others. 

Battles  of  the  United  States,  by  Sea  and  Land:  embracing 
those  of  the  Revolutionary  and  Indian  Wars,  the  War 
of  1812,   and  the   Mexican   War:   with   Important   Official 


254  PAUL  JONES 

Documents.  By  Henry  B.  Dawson.  Member  of  the  New 
York  Historical  Society,  Etc.  Illustrated  with  numerous 
highly-finished  steel  engravings,  including  battle  scenes 
and  'full-length  portraits, — from  original  paintings  by 
Alonzo  Chappel.  In  two  volumes.  4to,  746;  530  pp. 
New  York:  Johnson.  Fry,  and  Company,  27  Beekman- 
Street.      N.D.      (1858). 

"Bon  Homme  Richard"  and  "Serapis,"  page  554,  Vol.  I. 

Lives,  Exploits  and  Cruelties  of  the  most  Celebrated  Pirates 

and    Sea    Robbers,    brought    down    to    the    latest    period. 
iSmo,   448  pp.      Halifax:    Milner   and    Sowerby.      1858. 
Paul  Jones,  pages  341-361. 

Battle-Fields  and  Naval  Exploits  of  the  United  States,  From 
Lexington  to  the  City  of  Mexico.  By  Henry  W.  Harri- 
son. Illustrated  with  One  Hundred  and  fifty  Engrav- 
ings. 8vo,  448  pages.  Philadelphia:  H.  C.  Peck  &  Theo. 
Bliss.     1858. 

Geschiedenis  van  het  Nederlandsche  Zeewezen.  Tweede 
druk.  Vermeerderd  met  de  nagelaten  aanteekennigen  van 
den  overleden  schrijver,  en  uitgegeven  onder  toezigt  van 
Jhr.  Mr.  J.  C.  J.  de  Johge.  Six  vols.  8vo,  viii-xvi-805-2; 
xxiii-789;  xx-758;  xxii-794;  798-xix;  2  pp.  Algemeen  Zaak- 
register,  194  pp.  Haarlem,  A.  C.  Kruseman,  1858-1862. 
Paul  Jones,  Vol.  IV,  pages  424-5,  4°?;  608. 

A  Revolutionary  Patriot.  By  Z.  Paddock.  National  Maga- 
zine, Vol.  12,  page  532.     New  York,  1858. 

"Kirtland  Grifiin.  who  served  on  the  'Bonne  Homme 
Richard'  with  Paul  Jones."  The  name  does  not  appear 
in  the  roster  of  either  the  "Richard"  or  the  "Ranger,"  but 
"Kirtland  Griffing"  is  on  the  roll  of  the  "Alliance,"  under 
Landais  at  the  "Serapis"  fight. 

Battles  of  America  by  Sea  and  Land;  a  Complete  Naval  and 
Military  History  of  the  Country;  In  Four  Parts,  I, 
Colonial  Battles.  II,  Revolutionary  Battles.  Ill,  War 
of  1812.  IV,  Mexican  Campaign.  With  Biographies  of 
Naval  and  Military  Commanders  and  Illustrative  Anec- 
dotes. By  Robert  Tomes.  Embellished  with  highly- 
finished  Steel  Engravings,  from  Original  Designs,  by 
Chapin,   Chappel  and  other  eminent  Artists.     Three  vol- 


BIBLIOGRAPHY  255 

umes.    4to.  516;  512;  560  pp.     New  York:  Virtue,  Emmins 
&  Co.,  26  John  Street.     (1859,  1861.) 

John   Paul  Jones,  Vol.   II,  pp.   150,   186-188,    189-194. 

Fifiana:  or.  Memorials  of  the  East  of  Fife.     By  M.  F.  Con- 
nolly,   Author    of    "Fifeshire     Biography,"    "Life    of    Bp. 
Low,"  "Professor  Tennant,"  &c.     Roy.  8vo,  345  pp.  Glas- 
gow: John  Tweed,  ir  St.  Enoch  Square.     MDCCCLXIX. 
"Paul  Jones — a  Biographical  Romance,"  pages  269-292. 

The  Rulers  and  Pursuits  of  Men,     Ballou's  Dollar  Monthly. 
Vol.   X,   No.  3.     Boston,  September,   1859. 
Paul  Jones,  page  212. 

Catalogue  of  Printed  Books  in  the  Library  of  the  New  York 

Historical    Society.      8vo,    653    pp.      New    York.      Printed 
for  the  Society.     MDCCCLIX. 

A  Pictorial  History  of  the  United  States:  Embracing  a  Gen- 
eral History  of  the  American  Navy,  with  a  Particular 
Account  of  all  the  most  Celebrated  Naval  Battles,  from 
the  Declaration  of  Independence  to  the  Present  Time. 
By  John  Ledyard  Denison,  A.M.  Author  of  The  Illus- 
trated New  World,  in  German  and  English,  Pictorial 
History  of  the  Wars  of  the  United  States,  &c,  &c.  Illus- 
trated with  numerous  Engravings,  many  of  which  are 
beautifully  colored,  consisting  of  views  of  Cities,  Battle 
Scenes,  Etc.,  from  Designs  by  Lossing,  Darley,  and  other 
Celebrated  Artists.  Sold  only  by  Distributing  Agents. 
8vo,  viii-340  pp.  Published  by  Henry  Bill,  for  Frances 
Dewing,  San   Francisco,   Cal.     1859. 

Sketches  of  the  Life,  Character,  and  Times  of  Paul  Jones. 

By   Thomas    Chase.      i2mo,    58   pp.      Richmond:    Charles 
H.   Wynne,   Printer.     1859. 

Remarkable  Adventures  of  Celebrated  Persons,  Eminent  in 

the    History   of   Europe   and   America,     8vo,    New   York: 
i860. 

Includes  Paul  Jones. 

John  Paul  Jones.  Biographischer  Roman.  Stanislaus  Ste- 
phan  Albert  Graf  Grabowski.  Two  \  <s.  i6mo.  Han- 
over: Rumple,     i860. 


256  PAUL  JONES 

Pictorial  Chronicles  of  the  Mighty  Deep;  or,  The  Sea,  Its 
Ships  and  Sailors.  Being  a  Record  from  the  Earliest 
Times  to  Our  Own  Day  of  the  Most  Remarkable  Mari- 
time Adventures,  Voyages,  Discoveries,  Conflicts,  Deeds 
of  Bravery  and  Danger,  with  Special  References  to  the 
Exploits  of  our  own  Countrymen,  and  the  Founding,  Ex- 
tension, and  Development  of  the  World-Wide  British 
Empire.  The  Whole  Forming  a  Valuable,  Interesting, 
and  Instructive  Compendium.  Collected  and  edited  by 
Francis  Watt,  M.A.  Embellished  with  upwards  of  One 
Hundred  Excellent  Woodcuts,  and  a  Series  of  Coloured 
Plates  from  authentic  Scenes  in  Foreign  Lands,  printed 
in  the  best  Style  of  Chromo-Lithography.  Royal  8vo, 
X-512  pp.  New  York  and  London:  Frederick  Warne  & 
Co.,  N.D.     (i860). 

Paul  Jones,  pages  379-2,'&7. 

The  Ballads  and  Songs  of  Yorkshire,  transcribed  from  Pri- 
vate Manuscripts,  Rare  Broadsides,  and  Scarce  Publica- 
tions; with  Notes  and  a  Glossary.  By  C.  J.  Davison 
Indledew,  M.A.,  Ph.D.,  F.G.H.S.  Author  of  The  History 
of  North  Allerton.  i2mo,  xi-319  pp.  London:  Bell  and 
Daldy,   186,  Fleet  Street,     i860. 

"Paul  Jones,  the  Cumberland  Militia  and  Scarborough 
Volunteers,"  pages  184-187. 

American  State  Papers.  Documents  Legislative  and  Execu- 
tive, of  the  Congress  of  the  United  States,  from  the  Sec- 
ond Session  of  the  Twenty-first  to  the  First  Session  of 
the  Twenty-fourth  Congress,  commencing  March  i,  1831, 
and  ending  June  5,  1836.  Selected  and  Edited,  under  the 
Authority  of  Congress,  by  Asbury  Dickins,  Secretary 
of  the  Senate,  and  John  W.  Forney,  Clerk  of  the  House 
of  Representatives.  Volume  IV,  Naval  Affairs.  Roy.  8vo, 
X-1013  pp.  Washington:  Published  by  Gales  &  Seaton. 
186 1. 

Report  of  the  Secretary  of  State  on  the  application 
of  Janette  Taylor,  niece  of  Commodore  John  Paul  Jones, 
commander  of  the  frigate  "Bon  Homme  Richard,"  for 
his  share  of  prize  money  on  three  vessels  and  cargoes 
sent  into  Bergen  in  Norway,  and  delivered  up  by  the 
Danish  government  to  the   enemy,  pages  851-856. 

The  Life  and  Exploits  of  John  Paul  Jones,  Chevalier  and 

Rear-Admiral.     Embracing  a  full  account  of  his  services 


BIBLIOGRAPHY  257 

in  the  American,  French  and  Russian  Navies.  By  O.  J. 
Victor,  Author  of  Lives  "Winfield  Scott,"  "Garibaldi,"  etc. 
i6mo,  viii-95  pp.  New  York:  Beadle  and  Company,  141 
William  Street,  London:  44.  Paternoster  Row.  N.D. 
(1861).     No.  9  of  Beadle's  Dime  Biographical   Library. 

Historical  Nuggets.  Bibliotheca  Americana;  or,  a  Descrip- 
tive Account  of  my  collection  of  Rare  Books  relating  to 
America.  Henry  Stevens,  G.M.B.,  F.S.A.  I  will  buy  with 
you,  and  sell  with  you.  Shakespeare.  Two  Vols.  i2mo, 
xii-436  to  805  pp.  London:  Printed  by  Whittingham 
and  Wilkins,  Tooks  Court,  Chancery  Lane.  MDCCCLXH. 
Paul  Jones,  pages  9,  300,  421,  436,  Vol.  L 

Beschrijving   van    Nederlandsche    Historie-Penningen.     Ten 

Vervolge  Op  Het  Werk  van  Mr.  Gerard  Van  Loon. 
Uitgegeven  Door  De  Koninklijke  Akademie  van  Weten- 
schappen.  (Afdeeling  Letterkunde.)  Zevende  Stuk. 
Folio.  80-140  pp.  7  pp.  of  plates.  Te  Amsterdam,  bij 
Frederick  Muller.     1862. 

Medallion   of  John  Paul  Jones. 

The  Annals  of  Yorkshire,  from  the  Earliest  Period  to  the 

Present  Time.  Compiled  by  John  Mayhall.  i2mo,  768 
pp.     Leeds.     1862. 

National  Portrait  Gallery  of  Eminent  Americans;  Including 
Orators,  Statesmen,  Naval  and  Military  Heroes,  Jurists, 
Authors,  Etc.,  Etc.,  From  Original  Full  Length  Paint- 
ings by  Alonzo  Chappel.  With  Biographical  and  His- 
torical Narratives  by  Evert  A.  Duyckinck,  Editor  of 
"Cyclopaedia  of  American  Literature,"  Etc.  In  Two  Vol- 
umes. 4to,  iv-488;  iv-470  pp.  New  York:  Johnson,  Fry 
&  Company,  27  Beekman  Street.  N.D.  (1861). 
Paul  Jones,  Vol.  I,  pages  157-165.     Steel  portrait. 

Denis  Duval,     By  W.  M.  Thackeray.     Chapter  VIII,   Corn- 
hill   Magazine,   London,   June,    1864. 

The  ending  of  the  novel  left  unfinished  by  Thackeray's 
death,  with  a  comment  by  the  editor  containing  consider- 
able Jones  matter.  The  chapter  breaks  oflf  in  the  midst 
of  the  encounter  with  the  "Serapis,"  on  board  of  which 
"Denis"  had  just  entered  as  a  midshipman. 


258  PAUL  JONES 

Denis  Duval.  A  Novel.  By  W.  M.  Thackeray,  Author  of 
"Vanity  Fair,"  "Pendennis,"  "The  Newcomes,"  "Philip," 
"The  Virginians,"  "The  English  Humorists,"  "The  Four 
Georges,"  "Roundabout  Papers,"  &c.  With  Illustrations. 
8vo,  80  pp.  New  York:  Harper  &  Brothers,  Publishers. 
Franklin  Square.     1864. 

A  reprint  of  the  work  as  it  appeared  in  the  pages  of 
Harper's  Magazine,  coincident  with  its  publication  in 
Cornhill.  This  was  the  first  edition  in  book  form,  being 
No.  245  of  Harper's  Library  of  Select  Novels.  Not  issued 
as  a  book  in   England  until   1867. 

Paul  Jones  and  Denis  Duval.  By  Rev.  Edward  E.  Hale. 
Pages  493-503.     Atlantic  Monthly,  Boston,  October,  1864. 

Life  and  Times  of  Benjamin  Franklin.  By  James  Parton, 
Author  of  "Life  and  Times  of  Aaron  Burr,"  "Life  of  An- 
drew Jackson,"  "General  Butler  in  New  Orleans,"  Etc.  "I 
will  follow  the  right  course  even  to  the  stake:  but  without 
the  stake  if  I  can." — Montaigne.  Two  vols.  8vo,  627; 
707  pp.  New  York:  Mason  Brothers.  No.  7  Mercer  St. 
Boston,  Mason  &  Hamlin;  Philadelphia,  J.  B.  Lippincott 
&  Co.;  Chicago,  S.  C.  Griggs  &  Co.  London:  Trubner 
&  Co.,  60  Paternoster  Row.       1864. 

John  Paul  Jones:  Vol.  II,  pp.  243,  335,  338,  341,  342, 
344-  345,  351,  381,  38s,  386,  437- 

Life  and  Times  of  Benjamin  Franklin.  By  James  Parton, 
author  of  "The  Life  and  Times  of  Aaron  Burr,"  "Life  of 
Andrew  Jackson,"  Etc.  With  finely  Engraved  Portraits. 
Two  Vols.  8vo,  627;  707  pp.  Boston  and  New  York: 
Houghton,  Mifflin  and  Company.  The  Riverside  Press, 
Cambridge.     1897. 

De     Voomaamste     Geschiedenissen    van     Noord-Nederland. 

Door  Mr.  J.  Van  Lennep,  Aan  Zijn  Kinderen  Verhaald 
Vijfde  druk  Met  platen.  Four  vols.,  8vo,  xii-258;  xii-372; 
xii-343;  xv-354  pp.  Amsterdam:  Gebroeders  Kraay.  N.D. 
(1865). 

Paul  Jones  in  the  Texel,  page  Z7,  Vol.  4. 

Batailles  Navales  De  La  France.  Par  P.  Troude  Ancien 
Officier  De  Marine  Publiee  Par  P.  Levot  Conservateur 
De  La  Bibliotheque  Du  Port  De  Brest  Correspondant 
du   ministere   de    I'instruction    publique    pour   les    travaux 


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historiques.  Four  Vols.  8vo,  x-453;  469;  536;  448  pp. 
Paris:  Challamel  Aine,  Editeur  Lihraire  Commissionnaire 
Pour  La  Marine,  Les  Colonies  Et  L'Orient  30,  rr.e  des 
Boulanders-Saint-Victor  et  rue  de   Bellechasse,  27.     1867. 

Vessels  of  War  built  at  Portsmouth,  New  Hampshire,  1690- 
1868.  (Communicated  by  Capt.  Geo.  Henry  Preble, 
U.S.N.).  New  England  Historical  and  Genealogical 
Register.  Vol.  XXII,  pp.  393-402.  Boston:  Published  by 
the  Society,  17  Bromfield  Street.  Printed  by  David  Clapp 
&  Son.     1868. 

People's  Book  of  Biography;  Or,  Short  Lives  of  the  Most 
Interesting  Persons  of  all  Ages  and  Countries.  Con- 
taining more  than  eighty  sketches  of  the  lives  and  deeds 
of  eminent  Philanthropists,  Inventors,  Authors,  Poets, 
Discoverers,  Soldiers,  Adventurers,  Travellers,  Politicians, 
and  Rulers,  Women  as  well  as  Men.  By  James  Parton, 
Author  of  "Life  of  Benjamin  Franklin,"  "Life  of  Andrew 
Jackson,"  "Life  and  Times  of  Aaron  Burr,"  "Famous 
Americans  of  Recent  Times,"  "General  Butler  in  New  Or- 
leans," Etc.,  Etc.  Richly  Illustrated  with  Twelve  Steel  En- 
gravings. 8vo,  xii-624  pp.  Published  by  Subscription 
only.  A.  S.  Hale  &  Company,  Hartford,  Conn.  H.  H. 
Bancroft  &  Co..  San  Francisco,  Cal.  1869. 
Chapter  on  Paul  Jones — pp.  334-39. 

The  Uncle   Sam  Series.     The  Adventures  of  Captain  Paul, 

the  Naval   Hero.     Sm.   folio,   14  pp.   (not  numbered)   Pub- 
lished by  Peter  G.  Thompson,   Cincinnati,  N.D. 
Pictorial  wrappers,  colored  plates. 

The  Ingham  Papers:  Some  memorials  of  the  Life  of  Capt. 
Frederic  Ingham,  U.S.N.,  sometime  Pastor  of  the  First 
Sandemanian  Church  in  Naguadarick,  and  Major-General 
by  Brevet  in  the  Patriot  Service  in  Italy.  By  Edward  E. 
Hale,  author  of  "If,  Yes,  and  Perhaps."  i2mo,  xx-266  pp. 
Boston:  Fields,  Osgood,  &  Co.,  Successors  to  Ticknor 
and   Fields.     1869. 

"Paul  Jones  and  Denis  Duval,"  pages  20-50. 

Our  Flag:  Origin  and  Progress  of  the  Flag  of  the  United 
States  of  America,  with  an  Introductory  Account  of  the 
Symbols,   Standards,   Banners  and   Flags  of  Ancient   and 


26o  PAUL  JONES 

Modern  Nations.      By    Geo.    Henry   Preble,   U.S.N.     8vo, 

535  PP-  Albany:  Joel   Munsell.     1872. 

Paul  Jones    references,    pages    159-62,    i66-6g,    198-200, 
204-5. 

History  of  the  Flag  of  the  United  States  of  America  and  of 

the  Naval  and  Yacht  Club  signals,  Seals,  and  Arms,  and 
principal  National  Songs  of  the  United  States,  with  a 
chronicle  of  the  Symbols,  Standards,  Banners,  and  Flags 
of  ancient  and  modern  nations.  By  Geo.  Henry  Preble, 
rear-admiral  U.S.N.  Second  revised  Edition.  Illustrated 
with  ten  colored  plates,  two  hundred  engravings  on  wood, 
and  maps  and  Autographies.  4to,  xxi-815  pp.  Boston: 
A.  Williams  and  Company,  283  Washington  Street.  1880. 
Reissued:  J.  R.  Osgood  &  Co.,  8vo,  xxi-808  pp.  Bos- 
ton.    1882. 

Dictionary  of  American  Biography,  including  men  of  the 
time;  Containing  nearly  ten  thousand  notices  of  persons 
of  both  sexes,  of  native  and  foreign  birth,  who  have  been 
remarkable  or  prominently  connected  with  the  Arts, 
Sciences,  Literature,  Politics,  or  History,  of  the  American 
Continent.  Giving  also  the  pronunciation  of  many  of 
the  foreign  and  peculiar  American  names,  a  key  to  the 
assumed  names  of  writers,  and  a  supplement.  By  Fran- 
cis S.  Drake.  Large  8vo.  xxi-1019  pp.  Boston:  James 
R.  Osgood  and  Company,  (Late  Ticknor  &  Fields,  and 
Felds,   Osgood   &   Co.)      1872. 

American  Pioneers  and  Patriots.     The  Life  and  Adventures 

of  Rear-Admiral  John  Paul  Jones,  commonly  called  Paul 
Jones.  By  John  S.  C.  Abbott.  Illustrated.  i2mo,  xi- 
359  pp.  New  York:  Dodd,  Mead  &  Company,  751  Broad- 
way.      1874. 

Reissued   1898. 

The  American  Revolution.     By  George  Bancroft.     Vol.  IV. 
8vo,  741  pp.     Boston.  Little,  Brown  and  Company.     1874. 
Paul  Jones,  pages  272-3. 

Three  Historic  Flags  and  Three  September  Victories,  A 
Paper  read  before  the  New  England  Historical  and 
Genealogical  Society,  July  9,  1873.  By  Geo.  Henry 
Preble.       Illustrated    with    Heliotypes    from    the    Three 


BIBLIOGRAPHY  261 

Flags.     8vo.    31    pp.      Boston:    Printed    for    Private    Dis- 
tribution.    1874. 

Diary  of  Ezra  Green,  M.D.,  Surgeon  on  board  the  Con- 
tinental Ship-Of-War  "Ranger,"  under  John  Paul  Jones, 
from-  November  i,  I777,  to  September  27.  1778.  Born  m 
1746-  died  in  1847.  With  Historical  Notes  and  a  Biog- 
raphy." by  Commo.  Geo.  .Henry  Preble,  U.S.N. .  and 
Walter  C.  Green.  Reprinted,  with  additions,  from  the 
Historical  and  Genealogical  Register  for  January  and 
April,  1875.    8vo,  31  pp.     Boston:  For  private  distribution. 

Edition  of  200  copies,  David  Clapp  &  Son,  Printers. 

Centennial  History  of  the  United  States,  from  the  Discovery 
of  the  American  Continent,  to  the  end  of  the  First  Cen- 
tury of  the  Republic.  By  Benson  J.  Lossing,  LL.D..  au- 
thor of  "Pictorial  Field  Books  of  the  Revolution,  of  the 
War  of  1812,  and  of  The  Civil  War,"  "History  of  the 
United  States  for  Schools,"  "Lives  of  Eminent  Ameri- 
cans," "Home  of  Washington,"  Etc.,  Etc.  Illustrated  by 
Four  Hundred  Engravings.  Royal  8vo,  viii-744-lx  pp. 
Hartford:  Thomas  Belknap.  W.  E.  Bliss,  Toledo;  Wat- 
son Gill.  Syracuse;  A.  L.  Bancroft,  San  Francisco;  F.  A. 
Hutchinson  &  Co.,  St.  Louis,  Cincinnati  and  Chicago. 
1875. 

History  of  New  Hampshire,  from  its  first  discovery  to  the 
year  1830;  with  Dissertations  upon  the  Rise  of  Opinions 
and  Institutions,  the  Growth  of  Agriculture  and  Manu- 
factures, and  the  influence  of  Leading  Families  and  Dis- 
tinguished Men,  to  the  Year  1874;  By  Edwin  D.  San- 
born, LL.D.,  Professor  in  Dartmouth  College.  Large 
8vo, 'viii-422    pp.      Manchester,    N.    H.:    John    B.    Clarke. 

1875. 

References    to   John    Paul    Jones,    p.   200. 

Paul  Jones.  Drame  en  cinq  actes,  en  prose.  Theatre  Com- 
plet  de  Alexandre  Dumas.  Vol.  6,  pages  123-206.  i8mo. 
Paris:  M.  Levy.     1874. 

America's  Advancement:  The  Progress  of  the  United  States 
during  their  first  Century,  illustrated  by  one  hundred 
superb  engravings  on  steel,  embellishing  scenery,  history. 
Biography,    Statesmanship,    Literature,    Science    and    Art, 


262  PAUL  JONES 

By  C.  Edwards  Lester,  Author  of  "Our  First  Hundred 
Years,"  etc.,  etc.  4to,  420  pp.  New  York:  James  S.  Virtue, 
12  Dey  Street.     N.   D.     (1876). 

Centennial   Souvenir.      Portrait   of   Paul  Jones. 

Le  Captaine  Paul.  Par  Alexandre  Dumas.  i8mo,  223  pp. 
Paris:  M.  Levy  Freres.     1875. 

Reissue:   C.  Levy,   i8mo,  xlviii-223  pp.     Paris.     1895. 

One  Hundred  Years  Ago;  The  History  of  the  American 
Flag.  By  W.  H.  Willcox.  8vo,  64  pp.  New  York: 
Bencke  &  Scott.     1876. 

The  Stars  and  Stripes;  The  Flag  of  the  United  States  of 
America;  When,  Where  and  by  Whom  it  was  first  sa- 
luted. The  question  answered.  By  Benjamin  F.  Pres- 
cott.  8vo,  26  pp.  Concord,  N.  H.:  Printed  by  the  Re- 
publican  Press  Association.     1876. 

Centennial  History  of  the  United  States  Navy  Yard  at  Ports- 
mouth, N.  H.  Published  by  Permission  of  the  Bureau 
of  Yards  and  Docks,  Navy  Department.  By  W.  E.  H. 
Fentress,  late  an  officer  in  the  Vol.  Navy.  8vo,  84  pages 
[Portsmouth]:  O.  M.  Knight,  Publisher.     1876. 

Histoire   De   La  Marine   Frangaise   Pendant   La   Guerre   De 

L'Independance  Americaine  Precedee  D'Une  Etude  Sur 
La  Marine  Militaire  De  La  France  Et  Sur  Ses  Institu- 
tions Depuis  Le  Commencement  Du  XVIIe  Siecle  Jusqu'A 
L'Annee  1877.  Par  E.  Chevalier,  Capitaine  De  Vaisseau. 
Paris:  Librairie  Hachette  Et  Cie  79,  Boulevard  Saint- 
Germain.  1877.  Droits  de  propriete  et  de  traduction  re- 
serves. 

Extracts  from  the  Diary  of  Christopher  Marshall,  kept  in 
Philadelphia  and  Lancaster,  during  the  American  Revolu- 
tion, 1774-1781.  Edited  by  William  Duane,  Correspond- 
ing Member  of  the  Historical  Society  of  New  York,  and 
Honorary  Member  of  the  Historical  Societies  of  Ver- 
mont, Delaware  and  New  Jersey.  i2mo,  330  pp.  Albany: 
Joel    Munsell.     1877. 

Paul  Jones,  pp.  226,  243,  269. 

Collections  of  the  Massachusetts  Historical  Society.  Vol. 
II.     Fifth  Series.     Published  at  the  charge  of  the  Apple- 


BIBLIOGRAPHY  263 

ton  fund.  8vo,  xvii-(3)-soo  pp.  Boston:  Published  by 
the    Society.     M.DCCC.LXXVII. 

Jeremy  Belnap  refers  to  "Chevalier  Jones,"  page   148. 

Paul  Jones.  4to,  31  pp.  New  York  Boys'  Library.  Vol.  2. 
No.  39.     New  York:    Norman  L.  Munro.     N.D.     (1877.) 

The  Pictorial  History  of  the  American  Revolution;  with  a 
Sketch  of  the  Early  History  of  the  Country,  the  Con- 
stitution of  the  United  States,  and  a  Chronological  In- 
dex. Illustrated  with  Several  Hundred  Engravings. 
Large  8vo,  433  pp.  Boston:  Lee  and  Shepard.  N.D. 
John    Paul    Jones    references,    pp.    331-339. 

Our  National  Flag;  The  Stars  and  Stripes;  Its  History  in  a 
Century.  Address  delivered  before  the  New  York  His- 
torical Society,  June  14th,  1877,  the  Centennial  of  the 
Adoption  of  the  Stars  and  Stripes  as  Our  National  Flag; 
By  Major-Genl.  Schuyler  Hamilton.  8vo,  40  pp.  New 
York:  George  R.  Lockwood,  No.  812  Broadway.  1877. 
Mentions  Paul  Jones. 

Correspondence    Litteraire,    Philosophical    et    Critique.      Par 

Grimm,  Diderot  Raynal,  Meister,  Etc.  Revue  Sur  Les 
Textes  Originaux  Comprenant  outre  ce  qui  a  ete  public  a 
diverses  epoques  Les  Fragments  Supprimes  En  1813  Par 
La  Censure  Les  Parties  Inedites  Conservees  a  la  Biblio- 
theque  Ducale  de  Gotha  et  a  L'Arsenal  a  Paris  Notices, 
Notes,  Table  Generale  Par  Maurice  Tourneux.  8vo,  16 
volumes.  Paris:  Garnier  Freres,  Libraires-Editeurs,  6,  rue 
des    Saints:    Peres   6.     1877. 

Vol.  XII,  page  394  (May,  1780):  Paul  Jones  arrived  in 
Paris;  his  success  at  the  Opera;  Houdon  is  doing  his 
bust. 

Paul  Jones,  the  Pirate.  By  J.  K.  Laughton.  Eraser's  Maga- 
zine, pages  501-522.     London,  January,   1878. 

Captain  Paul.  By  Alexander  Dumas.  Seaside  Library.  Vol. 
15,  No.  298,  4to,  19  pp.  New  York:  George  Munro;  17 
Vandewater  Street.     N.D.     (1878.) 

The  Magazine  of  American  History  with  Notes  and  Queries. 

Vol.  II.  A.  S.  Barnes  &  Company.  New  York  and 
Chicago.     1878. 


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Page  754  under  Notes:  John  Paul  Jones  a  Russian 
Admiral.  (6  lines  from  the  Daily  Advertiser,  N.  Y., 
August  4,  1/88.     Signed  J.  S.  A.) 

The  History  of  England  in  the  Eighteenth  Century.  By  Wil- 
liam Edward  Hartpole  Lecky.     Eight  vols.    8vo,  xviii-578; 

Xvi-642;    xii-545;    xiv-560;    Xvi-602;    Xviii-611-22;    Xvi-465;    XV- 

650  pp.     London:  Longmans,  Green  and  Co.     1878-90. 

Paul  Jones,  Vol.  IV,  pp.  113,  494.  Pol.  V,  p.  227.  Vol. 
VI,  p.  24. 

New  York  issue,  8  vols.  8vo,  D.  Appleton  and  Com- 
pany, 549  and  551  Broadway.  1878-90.  Paul  Jones,  Vol. 
IV,  pp.  122,  534;  Vol.  V,  p.  227;  Vol.  VI,  p.  24. 

The  History  of  the  United  States  Flag  and  the  Patriotism 

of  Betsy  Ross,  the  immortal  heroine  that  originated  the 
first  flag  of  the  Union.  Dedicated  to  the  ladies  of  the 
United  States.  By  Col.  J.  Franklin  Reigert,  author  of 
the  "Life  of  Robert  Fulton."  800,  25  p.  Harrisburg,  Pa.: 
Lane  S.  Hart,  Printer  and  Binder.     1878. 

Russki  Vyestnik.  No.  4.  St.  Petersburg.  1878.  Account 
of  Paul  Jones.     By  N.   Boyeff. 

Collections  of  the  Massachusetts  Historical  Society.  Vol. 
IV,  Fifth  Series.  Published  at  the  charge  of  the  Apple- 
ton  fund.  8vo,  xii-530  pp.  Boston:  Published  by  the 
Society.     M.DCCC.LXXVIII. 

References  to  John  Paul  Jones  by  John  Adams  writ- 
ing to  Mrs.  Mercy  Warren,  pages  374,  430. 

Brieven  Van  en  aan  Joan  Derek  Van  Der  Capellen  Van  De 

Poll,  Uitgegeven  Door  Mr.  W.  H.  De  Beaufort.  8vo,  x- 
8S4-(2)   pp.     Utrecht,   Kemink  &  Zoon.     1879. 

Deeds  of  Daring  Library.    Paul  Jones:  A  Naval  Hero  of  the 

American  Independence.  "De  Mortuis  nil,  nisi  verum." 
By  J.  Ward,  Author  of  "The  World  and  its  Workshops," 
"The  Three  Napoleons."  &c.  i2mo,  viii-158  pp.  Lon- 
don: Dean  &  Son,  i6oa  Fleet  Street,  E.  C.     N.D.     (1879.) 

The  Magazine  of  American  History  with  Notes  and  Queries, 

edited   by   John    Austin    Stevens.     July-December.      1880. 
Vol.  5,  page  62  under  Notes:  John  Paul  Jones  at  the 


BIBLIOGRAPHY  265 

French  Opera.  (i8  lines  from  The  New  Jersey  Ga- 
zette, October  i8,   1780.     Signed   lulus.) 

The  Second  Turkish  War.     (1787-1791)     By  A.  Petroflf.     St. 

Petersburg:    1880. 

Stories  of  the  Sea.  Told  by  Sailors.  By  E.  E.  Hale.  i2mo, 
302  pp.     Boston:    Roberts   Brothers.     1880. 

"Paul   Jones   and    Richard    Pearson,"   pages    127-146. 

Collections  of  the  New  York  Historical  Society  for  the  year 
1878.  8vo,  503  pp.  Publication  fund  series.  New  York: 
Printed  for  the  Society.     MDCCCLXXIX. 

Letters   fom   Paul  Jones  to  Robert  Morris,  pp.  442-4; 
446-9;  449-Si. 

Souvenirs    De    Madame    Vigee    Le    Brun    De    L'Academie 

Royale  De  Paris  De  Rouen,  De  Saint-Luc  De  Rome  Et 
D'Arcadie  De  Parme  Et  De  Bologne  De  Saint-Peters- 
bourg,  De  Berlin,  De  Geneve  Et  Avignon.  En  Ecrivant 
Mes  Souvenirs  Je  Me  Rappellerai  Le  Temps  Passe,  Qui 
Doublera  Pour  Ainsi  Dire  Mon  Existence.  J.  J.  Rous- 
seau. Two  Volumes.  8vo,  365;  380  pp.  Paris:  G.  Char- 
pentier,  Editeur  13,  Rue  De  Grenelle-Saint-Germain,  13, 
Tous  droits  Reserves.     N.D.     (1882.) 

Paul   Jones   is   among  the  "Portraits   a   la   Plume"  on 
pp.   304  and  305.   Vol.   XL 

Life  of  Rear-Admiral  John  Paul  Jones.  Compiled  from  his 
original  Journals  and  Correspondence:  Including  an  Ac- 
count of  his  Services  in  the  American  Revolution  and  in 
the  War  between  the  Russians  and  the  Turks.  Illustrated 
with  numerous  Engravings.  i2mo,  309  pp.  New  York: 
John  W.  Lovell  Company,  14  &  16  Vesey  Street.  N.D. 
(1883.)     No.  323  of  Lovell's  Library. 

Naval  Battles,  Ancient  and  Modem.  By  Edward  Shippen, 
Medical  Director,  United  States  Navy:  Contributor  to 
Hammersley's  Naval  Encyclopaedia,  etc.  8vo,  xviii- 
7i8-(i)  pp.  J.  C.  McCurdy  &  Co.,  Publishers,  Phila- 
delphia. Pa.;  Cincinnati,  O.;  Chicago,  111.;  St.  Louis.  Mo 
1883. 

Paul  Jones,  pages   187-226. 


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Autobiography  of  Charles  Biddle,  Vice-President  of  the  Su- 
preme Executive  Council  of  Pennsylvania.  1745-1821. 
(Privately  Printed.)  8vo.  xii-423  pp.  Philadelphia:  E. 
Claxton  and  Company.     1883. 

The  American  Cyclopaedia;  A  popular  dictionary  of  general 
know^ledge.  Edited  by  George  Ripley  and  Charles  A. 
Dana.  With  supplement.  Vol.  IX.  8vo,  87o-(7)  pp. 
New  York:  D.  Appleton  and  Company,  i,  3  and  5  Bond 
Street.     London:  16  Little  Britain.     1883. 

Jones,  John  Paul,  an  American  Naval  officer.  Vol.  9, 
pages  678-679. 

Brieven  van  en  aan  Joan  Derek  van  der  Cappellen  tot  den 
Pol.  Uitgegeven  door  Mr.  J.  A.  Sillem.  Aanhangsel  van 
de  brieven  door  Mr.  W.  H.  de  Beaufort,  uitgegeven  in  No. 
27  van  de  Werken  van  het  Historisch  Genootschap.  Met 
twee  registers.  Werken  van  het  Historisch  Genoot- 
schap, gevestigd  te  Utrecht.  Nieuwe  Serie  No.  25b.  8vo, 
viii-ioi  pp.     Utrecht,  Kemink  &  Zoon.     1883. 

A  Naval  Encyclopaedia  comprising  a  dictionary  of  Nauti- 
cal words  and  Phrases,  Biographical  Notices,  and  rec- 
ord of  Naval  officers.  Special  articles  on  naval  Art  and 
Science  written  expressly  for  this  Work.  By  Officers 
and  others  of  Recognized  Authority  in  the  Branches 
treated  by  them,  together  with  Descriptions  of  the  prin- 
cipal Naval  Stations  and  Sea  ports  of  the  World,  com- 
plete in  one  volume.  Svo,  872  pp.  Philadelphia:  L.  R. 
Hamersly  &  Co.     1884. 

48th   Congress,  2d   Session,     Senate.     Mis.   Doc.   No.   67.     A 

Descriptive  Catalogue  of  the  Government  Publications  of 
the  United  States,  September  5,  1774-March  4,  1881. 
Compiled  by  order  of  Congress  By  Ben  Perley  Poore, 
Clerk  of  printing  records.  8vo,  (4)-i392  pp.  Washing- 
ton:    Government   Printing   Office.     1885. 

p.  II — Report  on  prizes.  Committee  for  Foreign  Afifairs, 
Philadelphia,  May  31,  1780.  Secret  Journals  of  Congress, 
Vol.  II,  p.  313.  Approving  the  reclamation  of  prizes 
taken  by  John  Paul  Jones,  sent  into  Bergen,  in  Norway, 
and  there,  by  an  order  of  the  court  of  Denmark,  at  the  in- 
stance of  the  British  Minister,  seized  and  returned. 


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p.  12 — Instructions  to  the  American  Minister  at  France. 
Princeton.  Oct.  29,  1783.  Secret  Journals  of  Congress, 
Vol.  IIII,  pp.  412-416.  Diplomatic  relations  with  Ger- 
many &  Denmark;  expedition  under  John  Paul  Jones; 
Diplomatic  transfers. 

p.  14 — Report  on  the  prize  claims  of  John  Paul  Jones. 
Princeton,  Nov.  i,  1783.  Secret  Journals  of  Congress, 
Vol.  Ill,  pp.  430,  431.  Report  recommended  that  Capt. 
John  Paul  Jones  be  appointed  agent  to  solicit  payment 
and  satisfaction  to  the  officers  and  crews  for  all  prizes 
taken  under  his  command  to  which  they  are  entitled,  and 
that  he  shall  receive  the  commission  allowed  in  such 
cases. 

p.  18 — Report  on  prize  money  due  John  Paul  Jones's 
men.  New  York,  Oct.  9,  1787.  Journals  of  the  Continen- 
tal Congress,  Vol.  IV,  pp.  796,  797.  Captain  Jones  author- 
ized to  obtain  from  the  French  court  the  balance  of  prize 
money  due  him  and  his  squadron. 

p.  18 — Letter  to  the  King  of  France.  Prest.  Arthur 
St.  Clair.  New  York,  Oct.  16,  1787.  Secret  Journals  of 
Congress,  Vol.  IV,  pp.  416,  417.  Congress  had  directed  a 
gold  medal  to  be  presented  to  the  Chevalier  J.  Paul 
Jones,  and  requested  the  King  of  France  to  permit  him  to 
embark  with  his  fleets  of  evolution,  that  he  might  acquire 
greater  knowledge  in  his  profession. 

p.  70 — Report  on  the  J.  Paul  Jones  claim,  Secretary  A. 
Gallatin,  Dec.  11,  1807.  State  papers;  claims,  pp.  342,  347, 
loth  Congress,  ist  Session.  Statement  of  advances  made 
to  Captain  Paul  Jones  in  1780.  with  an  appended  state- 
ment by  J.  Mason,  signed  by  Albert  Gallatin,  Secretary  of 
Treasury. 

p.  288 — Memorial  relative  to  pensioning  James  Jack- 
son of  England.  Ex.  Docs.  No.  127,  23rd  Congress,  2d 
Session,  Vol.  Ill,  3  pp.,  8vo.  Prays  to  be  allowed  a  pen- 
sion on  account  of  injury  to  his  father,  John  Jackson, 
taken  on  board  the  "Bon  Homme  Richard,"  commanded 
by  Captain  Paul  Jones  and  afterwards  wounded  in  battle. 

p.  304 — Report  on  claim  of  J.  Taylor,  Secretary  John 
Forsyth.     Feb.    23,    1836.     Senate    Docs.      No.    192,    24th 


268  PAUL  JONES 

Congress,  ist  Session,  Vol.  Ill,  lO  pp.,  8vo.  Stating  that 
there  is  no  information  on  the  records  of  the  State  De- 
pa'-tment  bearing  upon  the  claim  of  Janet  Taylor,  niece 
of  John  Paul  Jones,  for  payment  of  certain  prize-moneys. 

p.  311 — Report  on  Petition  of  James  Jackson,  House 
Rep.  Claims  Com.  April  12,  1836.  Reports  of  Commit- 
tees No.  566,  24th  Congress,  ist  Session,  Vol.  III.  i  p. 
Svo.  Adverse  to  allowance  of  claim  on  account  of  ser- 
vices and  sufferings  of  John  Jackson,  of  England,  who 
was  impressed  on  board  the  vessel  commanded  by  Cap- 
tain Paul  Jones. 

p.  320 — Memorial  on  behalf  of  the  heirs  of  John  Paul 
Jones,  Janette  Taylor.  Dec.  12,  1836.  Ex.  Docs.,  No.  19, 
24th  Cong.,  2d  Session,  Vol.  i,  29  pp.,  8vo.  Praying  in 
behalf  of  the  heirs  of  the  late  John  Paul  Jones,  a  Captain 
in  the  United  States  Navy,  allowance  for  prize  money,  for 
interest  on  money  advanced  for  the  public  service  during 
the  Revolutionary  War,  for  money  advanced  to  the  crew 
of  the  "Alliance,"  and  for  arrears  of  pay. 

p.  2)^'/ — Letter  relative  to  the  John  Paul  Jones  prize- 
money.  Reg.  T.  L.  Smith,  Jan.  28,  1837.  Ex.  Docs.  No. 
115,  24th  Cong.  2d  Session,  Vol.  Ill,  4  pp.,  Svo.  Trans- 
mitting statement  relative  to  the  prize-money  due  to  the 
squadron  under  the  command  of  the  late  John  Paul 
Jones. 

P-  332 — Report  on  petition  of  William  C.  Parker, 
House  Foreign  Affairs  Com.,  March  i,  1837.  Reports  of 
Committees,  No.  297,  24th  Congress,  2d  Session,  Vol.  II, 
3  pp.,  8vo.  Recommends  that  the  President  be  requested 
to  negotiate  with  the  Court  of  Denmark,  for  the  purpose 
of  obtaining  indemnification  for  the  value  of  three  prizes 
sent  by  John  Paul  Jones  into  Bergen,  Norway,  in  1799, 
and  delivered  up  by  the  Crown  of  Denmark  to  the  Eng- 
lish. 

p.  482 — Report  on  petition  of  heirs  of  John  Paul  Jones, 
Rep.  Collamer,  Jan.  31,  1844.  House  Reports,  No.  115, 
28th  Congress,  1st  Session,  Vol.  7.  3  pp.  Portion  of 
lands  in  Virginia  granted  by  Six  Nations  to  William 
Trent  purchased  by  John  Paul  Jones  on  belief  that 
United    States    would    confirm    said    grant;    These    lands 


BIBLIOGRAPHY  269 

never  ceded  to  the  United  States  by  Virginia;  Congres- 
sional Virginia;  validity  o{  claim  of  petitioners  for  lieu 
lands  denied. 

p.  495 — Message  on  indemnity  from  Denmark.  Presi- 
dent John  Tyler.  May  20,  1844.  House  Docs.  No.  264. 
28th  Congress.  Measures  adopted  to  obtain  indemnity 
for  ships  sent  by  Commodore  John  Paul  Jones  into  Ber- 
gen and  surrendered  by  Danish  King;  Treaty  with  Den- 
mark, 1830,  no  bar  to  the  claim. 

p.  515 — Report  on  claim  of  heirs  of  John  P.  Jones. 
Rep.  W.  B.  Maclay,  Feb.  10,  1846.  House  Reports,  No. 
206,  29th  Congress,  ist  Session,  Vol.  i.  299  pp.  Recom- 
mends allowance  for  money  advanced  for  the  public  ser- 
vice and  arrears  of  pay;  copies  of  notes. 

P-  535 — Report  on  claim  of  heirs  of  John  Paul  Jones. 
Senator  Simon  Cameron.  Jan.  14,  1847.  Senate  Docs. 
No.  63,  29th  Congress.  2d  Session,  Vol.  II.  34  pp.  Rec- 
ommends allowance  of  money  advanced  for  the  public 
service,  arrears  of  pay,  and  the  proportion  of  which  may 
be  found  due  to  John  Paul  Jones  on  the  value  of  certain 
prizes  captured  by  the  squadron  under  his  command. 

p.  542 — Report  on  petition  of  heirs  of  John  Paul  Jones. 
Rep.  J.  A.  Rockwell.  Dec.  21,  1847.  House  Reports,  No. 
9,  30th  Congress,  ist  Session,  Vol.  i.  56  pp.  Recom- 
mends passage  of  Senate  bill,  with  amendments  to  pay 
value  of  prizes  taken  during  Revolutionary  War;  copy 
of  Senate  report  and  bill;  Documents  and  correspondence. 

p.  640 — Report  on  case  of  William  C.  Parke.  Senator 
Pratt,  March  21,  1854.  Senate  Reports,  No.  180,  33rd 
Congress,  ist  Session,  Vol.  i.  On  petition  asking  that 
the  unclaimed  amount  appropriated  to  the  representatives 
of  John  Paul  Jones  and  others  as  their  share  of  the  value 
of  the  prizes  captured  by  them  be  distributed  among 
those  who  have  proved  their  right  to  a  participation  in 
the  benefits  of  the  Act.     Adverse. 

p.  796 — Report  on  claim  of  heirs  of  John  Paul  Jones. 
Secretary  S.  P.  Chase.  Jan.  13,  1862.  Senate  Ex.  Docs. 
No.  II,  37th  Congress,  2d  session,  Vol.  IV.  15  pp.  State- 
ment showing  the  names  of  all  persons  and  their  rcspec- 


270  PAUL  JONES 

tive  proportions  of  the  fund  to  be  distributed  under  the 
act  for  the  relief  of  the  heirs  of  John  Paul  Jones. 

A  History  of  the  Four  Georges.     By  Justin  McCarthy,  M.P. 
Author  of  "A  History  of  Our  Own  Times,"  Etc.     In  Four 
Volumes.     8vo,    321-8;    305;    349;    338   pp.      New    York: 
Harper   &   Brothers,   Franklin   Square.     1885. 
Paul  Jones— Vol.  III.  p.  183. 

Histoire  De  La  Participation  De  La  France  A  L'Etablisse- 
ment  Des  Etats-Unis  D'Amerique  Correspondance  Dip- 
lomatique Et  Documents.  Par  Henri  Doniol  Correspon- 
dant  De  L'Institut,  Directeur  De  LTmprimerie  Nationale. 
Six  volumes.  Folio,  x-707;  ii-864;  xii-721;  v-721  pp.  Paris: 
Imprimerie   Nationale.     MDCCCLXXXVI-MDCCCXCII. 

Volume  VI.  "Complement  du  Tome  V"  is  paged  259 
to  397  and  takes  the  place  of  Chapter  VIII,  pp.  259  to  312; 
in  Vol.  V,  Pages  312  to  the  end  in  Vol.  V  is  an  Appendice 
of  the  "Correspondence   Due   Comte   De  Rochambeau." 

Paul  Jones,  page  3,  Vol.  Ill;  320,  Vol.  IV. 

A  larger  history  of  the  United  States  of  America  to  the  close 
of  President  Jackson's  Administration.  By  Thomas 
Wentworth  Higginson,  Author  of  "Young  Folks'  History 
of  the  United  States."  Illustrated  by  maps,  plans,  por- 
traits, and  other  engravings.  8vo,  12-455  PP-  New  York: 
Harper  &  Brothers,  Franklin  Square.  1886. 
Paul  Jones,  page  291.     Reissue  1905,  same. 

Appleton's  Cyclopaedia  of  American  Biography.  Edited  by 
James  Grant  Wilson  and  John  Fiske.  As  it  is  the  com- 
mendation of  a  good  huntsman  to  find  game  in  a  wide 
wood,  so  it  is  no  imputation  if  he  had  not  caught  all. 
Plato.  Vol.  III.  8vo,  (io)-7S2  pp.  New  York:  D.  Apple- 
ton  and  Company,  i,  3  and  5  Bond  Street,  1887. 
John  Paul  Jones,  pages  467-468. 

Letter  of  John  Paul  Jones.  From  the  Autograph  Collection 
of  Ferdinand  J.  Dreer.  The  Pennsylvania  Magazine, 
pages  338-340.     Philadelphia,  July,  1887. 

Paul  Jones  and  the  armed  neutrality.  By  John  Fiske.  At- 
lantic Monthly,  pages  786-895.     Boston,  December,  1887. 


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Paul  Jones.  By  MilHcent  Erskine  Wemyss.  Blackwood's 
Edinburgh  Magazine,  pages  541-562.  Edinburgh,  Octo- 
ber, 1887. 

Studies  in  Naval  History.  Biographies  by  John  Knox 
Laughton,  M.A.  Professor  of  Modern  History  at  Kings 
College,  London.  Lecturer  on  Naval  History  at  the 
Royal  Naval  College,  Greenw^ich.  8vo,  469  pp.  London: 
Longmans,  Green,  and  Co.  1887.  All  rights  reserved. 
Account  of  Paul  Jones  in  Chap.  XI,  page  363. 

The  Complete  Works  of  Benjamin  Franklin,  including  his 
Private  as  well  as  his  Official  and  Scientific  Correspond- 
ence, and  numerous  Letters  and  Documents  now  for  the 
first  time  printed,  with  many  others  not  included  in  any 
former  collection,  also  the  unmutilated  and  correct  ver- 
sion of  his  Autobiography  compiled  and  Edited  by  John 
Bigelow.  "Strange  that  Ulysses  does  a  dozen  things  so 
well"— Iliad,  B.  II,  335.  8vo,  10  volumes.  New  York 
and  London:  G.  P.  Putnam's  Sons.  The  Knickerbocker 
Press.     1887. 

John  Paul  Jones,  Volumes  VI,  179,  180,  181-83,  207, 
36s,  366,  390,  454,  456,  463,  467,  468,  472;  VII,  12,  108,  109, 
210-18:  X,  183. 

Franklin  in  France.  From  Original  Documents,  most  of 
which  are  now  published  for  the  first  time.  By  Edward 
E.  Hale  and  Edward  E.  Hale,  Jr.  In  two  Parts.  Large 
8vo,  xvi-478;  X-470  pp.  Boston:  Roberts  Brothers. 
1888. 

John  Paul  Jones:  Part  I,  pp.  130,  I35.  203,  253,  258, 
320,  330.  335.  351.  366,  439-     Part  II,  p.  343- 

Blue  Jackets  of  '76.  A  History  of  the  Naval  Battles  of  the 
American  Revolution,  together  with  a  Narrative  of  the 
War  with  Tripoli.  By  Willis  J.  Abbot,  Author  of  "Blue 
Jackets  of  '61;"  "Blue  Jackets  of  1812."  With  illustra- 
tions by  W.  C.  Jackson  and  H.  W.  McVickar.  8vo,  viii- 
301  pp.  New  York:  Dodd,  Mead,  and  Company,  Pub- 
lishers.    N.D.     (1888). 

Collections  of  the  New  York  Historical  Society  for  the  year 

1887.     Publication  fund  Series.     8vo,  499  PP-     New  York: 
Printed   for  the  Society.     MDCCCLXXXVIII. 

The    Deane    Papers,    Vol.    II.     I777-I778.     PP.   290,    in- 


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troduced  to  Deane;  290,  a  frigate  to  be  purchased  for 
Capt.  Jones;  290,  303,  the  most  intelligent  of  the  Conti- 
nental Captains;  332,  not  obtaining  a  new  frigate,  he  will 
command  the  "Ranger";  357,  to  convoy  ships  off  the  coast 
of  France;  383,  informs  Deane  of  the  first  international 
salute  between  the  ships  of  America  and  France  at 
Quiberon;  his  handbill  for  recruiting  seamen  in  America. 

Collections  of  the  New  York  Historical  Society  for  the  year 

1889.  Publication  fund  series.  Svo,  561  pp.  New  York: 
Printed  for  the  Society,  MDCCCXC. 

The  Deane  Papers.  Vol.  IV.  1779-1781.  Capt.  John 
Paul  Jones:  pp.  loi,  A.  Lee  writes  of  his  shameful  busi- 
ness in  attaching  the  "Alliance"  frigate,  to  a  squadron  of 
French  cruisers;  102,  his  fleet  a  project  of  Chaumont  and 
Williams;  183,  Deane  compliments  him  on  the  honor  he 
has  acquired,  and  the  reputation  he  has  given  to  the 
American  navy  in  Europe;  183,  188,  he  is  about  to  sail  for 
America;  251,  Deane  urges  Franklin  to  obtain  the  "Terpsi- 
chore" frigate  for  him,  but  the  Doctor  refuses  for  want  of 
funds;  261,  Franklin  sympathizes  with  his  misfortunes. 

Paul  Jones.  Opera  Comique.  (After  MM.  Chivot  and 
Duree).  In  Three  Acts.  Written  by  H.  B.  Farnie. 
Composed  by  Robert  Planquette,  Composer  of  "Les 
Cloches  de  Corneville,"  "Rip  Van  Winkle,"  "Nell 
Gwynne,"  "The  Old  Guard,"  &c..  &c.  i2mo,  35  pp.  Lon- 
don: Hopwood  &  Crew,  42,  New  Bond  St.  W.  N.D. 
(1888). 

The  Diary  and  Letters  of  Gouvemeur  Morris,  Minister  of 

the  United  States  to  France;  Member  of  the  Constitu- 
tional Convention,  Etc.  Edited  by  Anne  Cary  Morris. 
Two  vols.  With  Portraits.  8vo,  xiv-604;  x-630  pp.  New 
York:     Charles  Scribner's  Sons.     1888. 

Paul  Jones:  Vol.  i,  pp.  378,  407.  429,  555-  Vol.  II, 
p.  45- 

The  Diary  and  Letters  of  Gouvemeur  Morris.  Edited  by 
Anne  Cary  Morris.  Two  vols.  8vo,  xiv-604;  x-630  pp. 
Kegan   Paul,   Trench   &   Co.,   London.     1889. 

Paul  Jones.  A  Nautical  Romance.  Translated  by  Henry 
Llewellyn  Williams.  i6mo,  vii-177  pp.  London:  F.  Warne 
&  Co.     1889. 

From  the  French  of  Dumas. 


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United  States.  Edited  under  direction  of  Congress.  By 
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xxxiii-2io;  875;  883;  86q;  881;  1002  pp.  Washington: 
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Paul  Jones  references:  Vol.  I,  pages  611,  613;  Vol.  II, 
pp.  317,  471,  473.  596,  597,  599,  610,  683,  689,  692,  703;  Vol. 
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pp.  zT^y,  Vol.  VI,  p.  742. 

The  critical  period  of  American  history,  1783-1789.  By  John 
Fiske.  "I  am  uneasy  and  apprehensive,  more  so  than 
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Edition.  8vo,  18-368  pp.  Boston  and  New  York: 
Houghton,  Mifflin  and  Company.  The  Riverside  Press, 
Cambridge.     1889. 

John  Paul  Jones,  the  "Constitution"  "made  out  of  the 
barge  which  Paul  Jones  had  taken  from  the  'Serapis.'  " 

Portrait  of  John  Paul  Jones  presented  to  the  Bostonian  So- 
ciety, by  Benjamin  F.  Stevens,  November  12,  1889.  8vo, 
8  pp.     N.P.     N.D.     (Boston,   1889). 

Paul  Jones's  Funeral.  Atlantic  Monthly  Magazine,  pp.  ']\2, 
713.     Boston.   May,    1890. 

Extracts  relating  to  the  Origin  of  the  American  Navy.  Com- 
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New  England  Historical  and  Genealogical  Society,  Bos- 
ton, 1890. 


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Her  Majesty's  Navy;  Including  Its  Deeds  and  Battles.  By 
Lieut.  Chas.  Rathbone  Low.  F.R.G.S.  (Late  Indian 
Navy).  Author  of  "History  of  the  Indian  Navy,"  "Life 
of  Lord  Wolseley,"  etc.,  etc.  With  Coloured  Illustra- 
tions. By  W.  Christian  Symons  and  W.  Fred.  Mitchell. 
Three  Vols.  4to,  xi-348;  vii-352;  vii-352  pp.  New  York:  J. 
Arnot  Penman.  7,  Warren  Street.  London:  J.  B.  Virtue 
&  Co.,  Limited,  294,  City  Road.  N.D. 
John  Paul  Jones,  Vol.  II,  Chapter  I. 

Our  Flag,  or  the  Evolution  of  the  Stars  and  Stripes,  includ- 
ing- the  reason  to  be  of  the  Design,  the  colors  and  their 
position,  mystic  interpretation,  together  with  selections 
eloquent,  patriotic  and  poetical.  By  Robert  Allen  Camp- 
bell.   8vo,  128  pp.     Chicago:  H.  E.  Lawrence  &  Co.     1890. 

History  of  the  United  States  Marine  Corps.  By  Richard  S. 
Collum,  Captain,  U.  S.  M.  C.  8vo,  307  pp.  Philadelphia: 
L.  R.  Hamersley  &  Co.     i8go. 

The  American  Revolution.  By  John  Fiske.  In  two  vol- 
umes. Cr.  8vo,  21-244;  12-305  pp.  Boston  and  New 
York:  Houghton,  Mifflin  and  Company,  The  Riverside 
Press,  Cambridge.     1891. 

John  Paul  Jones:  Vol.  2,  Captures  the  "Drake,"  120; 
his  squadron,  122;  Cruise  on  the  British  Coast,  123,  124; 
fight  with  the  "Serapis."  125;  effects  of  the  victory,  129; 
death,  130;  interest  of  Denmark  and  Russia  in,  149. 

The  National  Cyclopaedia  of  American  biography  being  the 

history  of  the  United  States  as  illustrated  in  the  lives  of 
the  founders,  builders,  and  defenders  of  the  Republic,  and 
of  the  men  and  women  who  are  doing  the  work  and 
moulding  the  thought  of  the  present  time.  Edited  by  dis- 
tinguished biographers  selected  from  each  state.  Re- 
vised and  approved  by  the  most  eminent  historians, 
scholars  and  statesmen  of  the  day.  Fifteen  vols.  Roy. 
8vo.  New  York:  James  T.  White  &  Company,  1892. 
Paul  Jones,  Vol.  2,  pp.  15-17;  Vol.  10,  p.  178. 

Paul  Jones:  A  Nautical  Romance.  By  Alexandre  Dumas, 
author  of  "The  Three  Musketeers,"  "Twenty  Years  After," 
etc.,  etc.  Translated  by  Henry  Llewellyn  Williams.  8vo, 
paper,  pictorial  cover,  116  pp.  London  and  New  York: 
Frederick  Warne  and  Co.     1892. 


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John  Paul  Jones,  pp.  138-141. 

The  Writings  of  Thomas  Jefferson,  collected  and  Edited  by 
Paul  Leicester  Ford.  1760-1826.  Ten  volumes.  8vo. 
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Paul  Jones  and  the  capture  of  the  "Serapis."  By  John 
Clark  Ridpath.  The  Chautauquan,  pages,  643-650.  Mead- 
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Collected  orders  of  Prince  Potemkin.     Published  by  N.   D. 

Ilubrovin.     St.   Petersburg.     1893. 

History  of  the  Russian  Navy.  By  F.  Veselago.  St.  Peters- 
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Captain  Paul  Jones.  By  Alexandre  Dumas.  8vo,  126  pp. 
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Harper  &  Brothers,  Publishers,  Franklin  Square.  1893. 
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A  Notable  Woman,  And  Other  Sketches.     By  Millicent  Ers- 
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Paul  Jones,  pp.  201-250. 

Un  Paladin  Au  XVIIIf  Siecle  Le  Prince  Charles  De  Nassau- 
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Editeurs    Rue    Garanciere,    lo.     1893.     Tous    Droite    Re- 
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Paul   Jones,   pp.  214,   226,   227,   228,    231,   234,   236,   237, 
238,  239,  246,  256,  257. 

Paul  Jones.  By  Molly  Elliot  Seawell.  Frontispiece  and 
seven  illustrations  by  H.  D.  Murphy.  Sq.  8vo,  viii-166 
pp.     New  York:     D.  Appleton  and  Company.     1893. 

Paul  Jones.  By  Molly  Elliot  Seawell.  i2mo,  viii-166  pp. 
New  York:     D.  Appleton  &  Co.     1898. 

History  of  the  Flag  of  the  U.  S.  Frigate,  The  "Bon  Homme 
Richard,"  owned  by  the  late  Miss  Sarah  Smith  Stafford, 
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Richard,"  owned  by  the  late  Miss  Sarah  Smith  Stafford, 
and  willed  by  her  to  her  brother,  Samuel  Bayard  Staf- 
ford. 8vo,  12  pp.  Boston:  Press  of  E.  B.  Stillings  & 
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See  also  Admiral  George  H.  Preble's  "History  of  the 
Flag  of  America,"  etc.,  pages  281-283. 

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with  some  account  of  the  Attitude  of  France  Toward  the 
War  of  Independence.  By  Charlemagne  Tower,  LL.D. 
Second  Edition.  In  Two  Volumes.  i2mo,  494;  537  pp. 
Philadelphia:  J.  B.  Lippincott  Company.     N.D.     (1894.) 

Dictionary  of  United  States  History.  1492-1894.  Four  Cen- 
turies of  History.  Written  concisely  and  arranged  alpha- 
betically in  dictionary  form.  By  J.  Franklin  Jameson, 
Ph.D.,  Professor  of  History  in  Brown  University,  for- 
merly of  Johns  Hopkins  University.  Editorial  contribu- 
tor to  the  Century  Dictionary,  Author  of  a  "History  of 
Historical  Writing  in  America."  Illustrated  with  nearly 
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Printing  Office.     1896. 

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Leslie's  Weekly,  pp.  6-7.     New  York,  July  2,  1896. 

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Society.     1897.     Copyrighted. 

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An  American  Viking.  By  H.  F.  Keenan.  Harper's  Weekly, 
pp.  665-6.     New  York,  July,   1897. 

Portrait  of  John  Paul  Jones.  Harper's  Magazine,  page  560. 
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Member  of  the  R.  U.  S.  Institution.  Assisted  by  Sir 
Clements  Markham,  K.C.B.,  FR.G.S.,  Captain  A.  T.  Mahan, 
U.  S.  N.,  H.  W.  Wilson,  Theodore  Roosevelt,  E.  Fraser, 
etc.  Twenty-five  Photogravures  and  Hundreds  of  Full 
Page  and  other  Illustrations,  Maps,  Charts,  etc.  In  Five 
Volumes.  Imp.  8vo,  xxiv-6g8;  xiv-593;  xix-609;  xiv-624 
pp.  Boston:  Little,  Brown  and  Company.  London: 
Sampson,  Low,  Marston  and  Company,  Limited,  St. 
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1897. 

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"The  History  of  the  Lady  Betty  Stair,"  "Children  of 
Destiny,"  "Throckmorton,"  "Little  Jarvis,"  etc.  With 
portraits.  8vo,  233  pp.  London:  Keegan  Paul,  Trench, 
Triibner  &  Co.,  Ltd.,  Paternoster  House,  Charing  Cross 
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in  their  relations  to  the   Commodore. 

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Goldsboro,  N.  C.  Nash  Bros.,  Book  and  Job  Printers. 
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Russia's   Sea-Power  Past  and   Present,  or  the   Rise   of  the 

Russian  Navy.  By  Colonel  Sir  George  Sydenham  Clarke, 
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Defence,"  Etc.  With  Maps  and  Illustrations.  8vo,  xix- 
202  pp.  London:  John  Murray,  Albemarle  Street.  1898. 
John   Paul  Jones,  pp.  34,  43. 

My  Scrapbook  of  the  French  Revolution.  Edited  by  Eliza- 
beth Wormeley  Latimer,  Author  of  "France  in  the  Nine- 
teenth Century,"  "Russia  and  Turkey  in  the  Nineteenth 
Century,"  "England  in  the  Nineteenth  Century,"  "Europe 
in  Africa  in  the  Nineteenth  Century,"  "Italy  in  the  Nine- 
teenth Century,"  "Spain  in  the  Nineteenth  Century,"  Etc. 
8vo,  viii-448  pp.  Chicago:  A.  C.  McClurg  and  Company. 
1898. 

John  Paul  Jones,  p.  21. 

The  Romance  of  an  Empress,  Catherine  II,  of  Russia.  Trans- 
lated from  the  French  of  K.  Waliszewski.  With  a  por- 
trait. 8vo,  450  pp.  New  York:  D.  Appleton  and  Com- 
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By  Charles  Morris.  8vo,  33,3  pp.  London:  Hutchinson 
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The  Nation's  Navy.  Our  Ships  and  their  Achievements. 
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Washington,"  "Medallic  Portraits  of  Washington,"  "Char- 
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Flag.  By  Augustus  Bedford.  i6mo,  32  pp.  Boston: 
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Leith   and  its   Antiquities   from   the   Earliest   Times   to    the  ' 

close  of  the  Nineteenth  Century  With  numerous  Illus- 
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Members  of  Parliament,  Provosts,  Distinguished  Min- 
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and  Documents,  relating  to  the  Birgh.  By  James  Camp- 
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Libraires  De  La  Societe  D'Histoire  Contemporaine.  Rue 
Bonaparte,  82.     1898. 

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The  Chevalier  de  Pontgibaud.  A  French  Volunteer  of  the 
War  of  Independence.  Translated  and  Edited  by  Robert 
B.  Douglass,  Author  of  "Sophie  Arnould;  Actress  and 
Wit,"  "The  Life  and  Times  of  Madame  du  Barry,"  etc., 
etc.  With  an  Engraved  Portrait  by  Thevenin.  Roy.  Bvo, 
xi-209-(3)  pp.  Paris:  Charles  Carrington,  13  Faubourg 
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The  Story  of  the  Revolution.     By  Henry  Cabot  Lodge.     In 
two    volumes.      8vo,    xv-324;    xii-285     pp.       New    York; 
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The  Story  of  America.  By  Hesekiah  Butterworth,  author  of 
the  "Zig  Zag  Journeys;"  "For  the  Boyhood  of  Lincoln," 
etc.  Revised  and  enlarged.  Illustrated  with  over  one 
hundred  and  fifty  engravings.  8vo,  692  pp.  The  Wer- 
ner Company.  New  York.  Akron,  Ohio,  and  Chicago. 
N.D.     (1898). 

Paul  Jones,  p.  293. 

Esek  Hopkins,  Commander-in-Chief  of  the  Continental  Navy 

during   the    American    Revolution,    1775   to    1778.     Master 
Mariner,   Politician,   Brigadier-General,  Naval   Officer  and 
Philanthropist.     By   Edward   Field,  A.B.     8vo,   ix-280  pp. 
Providence:     The  Preston  &  Rounds  Co.     1898. 
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The  Story  of  Our  Flag,  Colonial  and  National,  with  Histori- 
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Admiral  Dewey,  the  Hero  of  Manila.  Together  with  brief 
sketches  of  our  early  naval  heroes.  Paul  Jones,  Commo- 
dores Hull.  Perry  and  David  Porter,— Admirals  Farragut, 
Porter  and  Captain  Winslow.  i2mo,  349  pp.  Chicago: 
Donohue,  Henebery  &  Co.     N.D.     (1899). 

The  Story  of  Paul  Jones  for  Young  Readers.     With  an  In- 
troduction by  J.  Baldwin.    i6mo,  64  pp.     New  York:  Wer- 
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The  American  Monthly  Magazine.  Edited  by  Mrs.  Mary  S. 
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Society.   D.  A.  R.,  Washington,   D.   C.     1899. 

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Paul  Jones'  Body  Found  in  Paris,  The  World,  New  York, 
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American  Naval  Heroes  1775-1812-1861-1898.  Being  Bio- 
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John  Paul  Jones,  pp.  9.  10,  11,  28,  Z2,  36,  3",  38,  39,  47, 
55-96,  104,  105,  106,  107,  108,  112,  116,  132. 


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Heroes  of  the  United  States  Navy;  Their  Life,  Histories  and 
Achievements.  By  James  Hartwell.  i6mo,  209  pp.  Phil- 
adelphia:    H.  Altemus.     1899. 

Richard  Carvel,  By  Winston  Churchill.  With  illustrations 
by  Carlton  T.  CTiapman  and  Malcom  Fraser.  8vo,  xi- 
538  pp.     New  York:     The   Macmillan   Company.     1899. 

Twenty  Famous  Naval  Battles.  Salamis  to  Santiago.  By 
Edward  Kirk  Rawson.  Professor  United  States  Navy. 
Superintendent  Naval  War  Records.  Two  vols.  8vo, 
xxx-344;  vi-  to  730  pp.  New  York:  46  East  14th  Street. 
Thomas  Y.  Crowell  &  Company,  Boston,  100  Purchase 
Street.     N.D.     (Ca.   1899.) 

The  Nautical  Magazine.  A  Technical  and  Critical  Journal 
for  the  Officers  of  the  Royal  Navy  and  Naval  Reserve, 
and  i^enerally  of  the  Mercantile  Marine  and  Yachtsmen, 
Volume   LXVIII,   No.  II.     London:   1899. 

John    Paul    Jones,    Cabin-Boy,    Commodore    and    Ad- 
miral, by  John  Gillie,  pp.  715-724. 

Four  American  Naval  Heroes.  Paul  Jones,  Oliver  H.  Perry, 
Admiral  Farragut,  Admiral  Dewey.  A  Book  for  young 
Americans.  With  an  Introduction  by  James  Baldwin. 
By  Mabel  Barton  Beebe.  i2mo,  54  pp.  Werner  School 
Book  Company:  New  York,  Chicago,  Boston.  N.E/. 
(1899.) 

John  Paul  Jones.  His  fight  with  the  "Serapis."  By  Cyrus 
Townsend  Brady.  McClure's  Magazine,  page  149.  New 
York,  September,  1899. 


The  Imperial  Russian  Navy,  its  Past,  Present,  and  Future. 

By  Fred  T.  Jane.     Royal  8vo,  755  pp.     London.     1899. 

Paul  Jones  as  a  Citizen  of  Virginia.     Virginia  Magazine  of 

History  and  Biography,  Vol.  Ill,  No.  3.  pp.  286-293.    Rich- 
mond, January,  1900. 

John   Paul   Jones   and   the   "Serapis."     By   John    R.    Spears. 
Munsey's  Magazine,  pp.  645-48,  New  York,  February,  1900. 


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The  Naval  Side  of  the  Revolutionary  War.  By  Captain 
Caspar  F.  Goodrich,  U.  S.  N.  15y  permission  of  the  United 
States  Naval  Institute.  Read  before  the  Society  on 
Tuesday  evening,  March  7,  1896.  8vo,  35  pp.  Vol.  IX, 
No.  2.  Papers  of  the  Military  Historical  Society  of 
Massachusetts.     December,  1900. 

The  Army  and  Navy  of  the  United  States  from  the  Period 

of  the  Revolution  to  the  present  day.  A  record  of  the 
formation,  organization,  and  general  equipment  of  the 
land  and  naval  forces  of  the  Republic.  By  William  Wal- 
ton, Captain  H.  C.  Taylor,  U.  S.  N.;  Major  Joseph 
Wheeler,  Jr.,  U.  S.  A.,  and  Colonel  Asa  Bird  Gardiner, 
U.  S.  A.,  retired.  Assistant  Editors,  Revised  and  Enlarged,^ 
with  the  official  approval  of  the  War,  Navy  and  State 
Departments.  Two  vols.  Folio,  130;  192  pp.  George 
Barrie  &  Son,  Publishers.  Boston,  Philadelphia,  New 
York.     1900. 

Paul  Jones'  Original  Commission  Found.  The  World,  New 
York,   February   i,   1900. 

Paul  Jones  No  Pirate.  The  Times,  New  York,  December  8, 
1900, 

The  Life  of  John  Paul  Jones,  written  from  original  manu- 
scripts in  possession  of  his  relatives  and  from  the  collec- 
tion prepared  by  John  Henry  Sherburne.  Together  with, 
Chevalier  Jones*  own  account  of  the  campaign  of  the 
"Liman."  i2mo,  xl-407  pp.  New  York:  A.  L.  Burt, 
N.D.     (1900.) 

The  United  States  Naval  Academy;  Being  the  yarn  of  the 
American  Midshipman  (naval  cadet)  Showing  his  Life  in 
the  old  Frigates  and  Ships-of-the-Line,  and  then  at  the 
Naval  School  at  Annapolis;  and  how  that  Institution  be- 
came a  fam>^as  Naval  College,  meanwhile  making  him 
into  the  most  accomplished  and  versatile  young  seaman 
in  the  World;  together  with  some  Reference  to  the  Boys 
best  suited  for  the  Navy,  and  what  they  must  do  and 
know  to  get  into  the  Naval  Academy,  and  what  they  have 
to  expect  while  there:  And  also  many  Pictures,  all  prop- 
erly stopped  to  the  Yarn  as  it  is  handsomely  paid  out. 
By    Park    Benjamin,    of    the    Class    of    1867.     Illustrated. 


288  PAUL  JONES 

8vo,  xvi-475  pp.     G.   P.   Putnam's   Sons.      New  York  and 
London:     The    Knickerbocker  Press.     1900. 
Paul  Jones,  pp.  19-20. 

A  Genealogical  History.  By  Colonel  Cadwallader  Jones. 
8vo,  "/T)  pp.  Printed  by  Ye  Bryan  Printing  Co.,  Columbia, 
S.  C,  in  ye  year  of  Our  Lord  MDCCCC. 

Paul  Jones,  Founder  of  the  American  Navy.  A  History.  By 
Augustus  C.  Buell.  In  two  volumes.  Sm.  8vo,  xv-328; 
vi-373  PP-     Charles  Scribner's  Sons,  New  York.     1900. 

Commemoration  Edition.  Paul  Jones,  Founder  of  the  Amer- 
ican Navy.  A  History.  By  Augustus  C.  Buell.  With  a 
supplementary  Chapter  by  General  Horace  Porter,  LL.D. 
In  two  volumes.  8vo,  xiv-(i)-328;  vii-439  pp.  Charles 
Scribner's   Sons.     New  York.     1906. 

Burial  Place  of  John  Paul  Jones.  Chautauquan  Magazine, 
p.  454.     February,  1900. 

The  State  Records  of  North  Carolina.  Published  under  the 
Supervision  of  the  Trustees  of  the  Public  Libraries,  by 
order  of  the  General  Assembly.  Collected  and  Edited  by 
Walter  Clark,  Chief  Justice  of  the  Supreme  Court  of 
North  Carolina.  Vol.  XVIII-1786.  With  Supplement. 
1779.  8vo,  ix-825  pp.  Nash  Bros.,  Book  and  Job  Print- 
ters,  Goldsboro,  N.  C.     1900. 

The  Grip  of  Honor.  A  Story  of  Paul  Jones  and  the  /\meri- 
can  Revolution.  By  Cyrus  Townsend  Brady,  Author  of 
"For  the  Love  of  Country,"  "For  the  Freedom  of  the 
Sea,"  Etc. 

The  fear  o'  Hell's  a  hangman's  whip 

To  baud  the  wretch  in  order. 

But  where  ye  feel  your  honor  grip, 

Let  that  eye  be  your  border; 

In    slightest    touches,    instant   pause — 

Debar  a'  side  pretences. 

And  resolutely  keep  its  laws. 

Uncaring  consequences. 

Burns. 
i2mo,  xi-246  pp.     New   York:     Charles   Scribner's   Sons. 
I  goo. 


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Commodore  Paul  Jones.  By  Cyrus  Townsend  Brady. 
Author  of  '•Reuben  James,  a  Hero  of  the  Forecastle;" 
"The  Grip  of  Honor;"  "Stephen  Decatur;"  Etc.  i2mo, 
xv-480  pp.     New  York:  D.  Appleton  and  Company.     1900. 

American  Fights  and  Fighters  Series.  Revolutionary  Fights 
and  Fighters.  Stories  of  the  First  Five  Wars  of  the 
United  States  from  the  War  of  the  Revolution  to  the 
War  of  1812.  By  Cyrus  Tov^msend  Brady.  Author  of 
"For  Love  of  Country,"  "For  the  Freedom  of  the  Sea," 
"The  Grip  of  Honor,"  "Stephen  Decatur,"  "Recollections 
of  a  Missionary  in  the  Great  West,"  etc.  Illustrated. 
8vo,  xiv-328  pp.  New  York:  McClure,  Phillips  &  Co. 
1900. 

Mr.  Brady  on  Heroes,  The  Book  Buyer,  pages  302-303. 
New  York,  November,  1900. 

American  Fights  and  Fighters  Series.  South  American 
Fights  and  Fighters  and  other  Tales  of  Adventure.  By 
Cyrus  Townsend  Brady,  LL.D.  Illustrations  by  Seymour 
M.  Stone,  George  Gibbs,  W.  J.  Aylward  and  J.  N.  Mar- 
chand.  together  with  Reproductions  from  old  Prints  and 
Portraits.  8vo,  x-342  pp.  Garden  City,  New  York: 
Doubleday.  Page  and  Company.  MCMXIII. 
John  Paul  Jones,  pp.  281-297. 

Great  Commanders.  Commodore  Paul  Jones.  By  Cyrus 
Townsend  Brady.  Author  of  "Reuben  James,  a  Hero  of 
the  Forecastle;"  "The  Grip  of  Honor;"  "Stephen  Decatur;" 
Etc.  With  portrait  and  maps.  i2mo,  xiii-482  pp.  New 
York:  D.  Appleton  and  Company.     1906. 

Paul  Jones,  By  Molly  Elliot  Seawell.  The  Book  Buyer, 
pp.  557-559.     New  York,  January,  1901. 

Two  Partial  Americans:  Paul  Jones  and  Sam  Houston.    The 

Critic,  pp.   123-4.     New  York,  February   19,   1901. 

John  Paul  Jones.  By  C.  H.  Stockton.  The  Nation,  pp.  180- 
181,  New  York,  February  29,  1901. 

The  Daring  of  John  Paul  Jones.  By  George  Gibbs.  Cos- 
mopolitan Magazine,  pp.  640-643.  New  York,  October, 
1901. 


290  PAUL  JONES 

John  Paul  Jones,  Founder  of  The  American  Navy.  By- 
Charles  W.  Turner.  Sewanee  Review,  pp.  296-301. 
Sewanee,  Tenn.,  July,  1901. 

The  Story  of  the  Greatest  Nations  from  the  Dawn  of  His- 
tory to  the  Twentieth  Century.  A  comprehensive  His- 
tory, founded  upon  the  leading  authorities,  including  a 
complete  chronology  of  the  world,  and  a  pronouncing 
vocabulary  of  each  Nation.  By  Edward  S.  Ellis,  A.M., 
Author  of  "Standard  History  of  the  United  States,"  "His- 
tory of  Our  Country,"  "A  Popular  History  of  the  World," 
"A  School  History  of  the  United  States,"  Etc.  Editor 
of  "A  Dictionary  of  Mythology,"  "Plutarch's  Lives,"  etc. 
and  Charles  F.  Home,  M.S.,  Editor  of  "Great  Men  and 
Famous  Women."  Magnificently  Illustrated.  (In  nine 
volumes).  Folio.  (Vol.  IX)  viii-1537  to  1735  pp.  Pub- 
lished by  Francis  R.  Niglutsch,  New  York,  N.D.  (1901- 
1903). 

Paul  Jones,  pp.  1567-1577. 

Gedenkschriften   van    Gijsbert   Jan   Van    Hardenbroek   heer 

van  Bergestein,  Lockhorst,  's  Heeraatsberg,  Bergam- 
bacht  en  Ammerstol,  President  der  Utrechtsche  Ridder- 
schap  Gedeputeerde  ter  Generaliteits-Vergadering  enz. 
(1747-1787)  Uitgegeven  en  Toegelicht  door  Do.  F.  J.  L. 
Kramer.  Three  vols.  8vo,  xxxvii-577;  xxvii-731;  xvii-639 
pp.     Amsterdam:  Johannes  Muller.     1901-1910. 

Paul   Jones,   pp.    S38-9,   533-45,   Vol.    I.     63-4   and   313. 
Vol.  II. 

Songs  of  Paul  Jones.  A.  Guiterman.  New  York  Times 
Magazine  Supplement,  Sunday,  August  18,  1901.     Page  9. 

The   Great   Republic  by   the   Master  Historians.     Edited   by 
Charles   Morris  and  Oliver  H.  G.  Leigh.     Four  volumes. 
8vo.     368;  364;  371;  361-xxxiv  pp.     New  York,  Pittsburgh, 
Chicago:    The  R.  S.  Belcher  Co.     1902. 
John  Paul  Jones,  Vol.  II,  p.  238. 

Philip  Freneau.     The  Poet  of  the  Revolution.     A  History  of 
His    Life    and    Times.      By    Mary    S.    Austin.      Edited   by 
Helen  Kearny  Vreeland,  Great-granddaughter  of  the  poet. 
Descriptas   servare  vices,   operumque   colores 
Cur  ego,  si  nequeo  ignoroque,  poeta  salutor. 

Horace. 


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8vo,  x-285  pp.  New  York:  A.  Wessels  Company. 
MDCCCCI. 

Paul  Jones,  pp.  126,  130,  131,  201,  225,  260. 

Portrait  of  John  Paul  Jones,  Chautauquan  Magazine,  page 
605.     March,  1902. 

Sea  Fighters  from  Drake  to  Farragut.  By  Jessie  Peabody 
Frothingham.  8vo,  vii-396  pp.  New  York:  Charles  Scrib- 
ner's  Sons.     1902. 

The  American  Merchant  Marine.     Its  History  and  Romance, 
from   1620  to   1902.     By  Winthrop   L.   Marvin.     Bvo,   xvi- 
444  pp.     New  York:    Charles  Scribner's  Sons.     1902. 
Paul  Jones,  pp.  12-13. 

The  American  Merchant  Marine.  Its  History  and  Romance, 
from  1620  to  igo2.  By  Winthrop  L.  Marvin.  Bvo,  xvi- 
444  pp.  London:  Sampson,  Low,  Marston  &  Company, 
Limited,  St.  Dunstan's  House,  Fetter  Lance,  Fleet  Street, 
E.  C.     1902.     (All  Rights  Reserved.) 

A  History  of  the  American  People.  By  Woodrow  Wilson, 
Ph.D.,  Litt.D.,  LL.D.  President  of  Princeton  University. 
Illustrated  with  Portraits,  Maps,  Plans,  Facsimiles,  Rare 
Prints,  Contemporary  Views,  Etc.  In  Five  Volumes, 
Vol.  II,  8vo,  xviii-(i)-368-(i)  pp.  New  York  and  Lon- 
don: Harper  &  Brothers,  Publishers,  MCMII. 

Paul  Jones,  pages  290,  303.  Portrait  and  illustration 
of  battle  with  the  "Serapis." 

Tables  of,  and  Annotated  Index  to,  the  Congressional  Series 

of  United  States  Public  Documents.  Prepared  in  the 
office  of  the  Superintendent  of  Documents,  Government 
Printing  Office.  4to,  769  pp.  Washington:  Government 
Printing  Office.     1902. 

P.  103 — 51st  Congress,  2d  session.  December  i,  1890 
— March  3,  1891.  Serial  No.  2889,  Vol.  5,  House  reports, 
No.  3879-4006.  'Purchase  of  portrait  of  John  Paul  Jones. 
1891. 

A  Sketch  of  the  Life  of  George  Roberts,  who  Fought  under 

John  Paul  Jones.     That  the  man  behind  the  gun  may  not 
be  forgotten.     Bvo,  7  pp.     (Concord:  N.P.  N.  D.     1902.) 
Reprinted  from  the  Granite  Monthly.     Vol.  33,  pages 


292  PAUL  JONES 

91-97.     Written   by   Charles    H.    Roberts.      Reissued  with 
corrections  and  additional   memoranda.     1905. 

John  Paul  Jones  of  Naval  Fame.  A  Character  of  the 
Revolution.  By  Charles  Walter  Brown,  A.M.,  Author  of 
"Nathan  Hale,"  "Paul  Revere,"  "Ethan  Allen,"  "Count 
Pulaski,"  "Lafayette,"  Etc.,  Etc.  "The  Flag  and  I  are 
Twins.  Born  the  same  hour  we  cannot  be  parted  in  Life 
or  Death.  So  long  as  we  can  float,  we  shall  float  together." 
Paul  Jones.  Illustrated.  8vo,  277  pp.  Chicago:  M.  A. 
Donohue  &  Co.,  407-429  Dearborn  St.     N.D.     (1902.) 

The  Virginia  Magazine  of  History  and  Biography.  Published 
Quarterly  by  the  Virginia  Historical  Society,  for  the  year 
ending  June,  1902.  Vol.  IX.  Richmond,  Va.  House  of 
the  Society,  No.  707  East  Franklin  Street. 

Extract    from    the    Letter    of    Paul    Jones    to    Joseph 
Hewes,  p.  400. 

One  Hundred  Famous  Americans.  By  Helen  Smith  Ainslie. 
Revised  to  date  with  an  article  on  the  Hall  of  Fame  by 
Chancellor  H.  M.  McCracken.  8vo,  viii-574  pp.  New 
York:   G.  Routledge  &  Son.     N.D.     (1902). 

Proceedings  of  the  New  Hampshire  Historical  Society  Vol- 
ume III,  June,   1895,  to  June,  1899.  viii-534  pp.     Published 
by  the  Society.     Concord:     Printed  for  the  Society.     1902. 
"The  Life  and  Character  of  John  Paul  Jones,"  Written 
by  Rear-Admiral  George  E.  Belknap,  pages  414-434. 

Portrait  of  John  Paul  Jones.  New  England  Magazine,  page 
473.     Boston,  September,   1902. 

Harpers  Encyclopaedia  of  United  States  History,  from  458 
A.D.  to  1902.  Based  upon  the  plan  of  Benson  John  Los- 
sing,  LL.D.  Sometime  editor  of  "The  American  Histori- 
cal Record"  and  author  of  "The  Pictorial  Field-book  of 
the  Revolution,"  "The  Pictorial  Field-book  of  the  War 
of  1812,"  etc.,  etc.,  etc.  With  special  contributions  cov- 
ering every  phase  of  American  History  and  development 
by  eminent  authorities,  including  John  Fiske,  the  Ameri- 
can historian,  Wm.  R.  Harper,  Ph.D.,  LL.D.,  D.D., 
President  of  the  University  of  Chicago,  Albert 
Bushnell  Hart,  Ph.D.,  Prof,  of  History  at  Harvard, 
John   B.  Moore,   Prof,  of  International  law  at   Columbia, 


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John  Freyer.  A.M.,  LL.D.,  Prof,  of  literature  at  Univ.  of 
California,  William  T.  Harris,  Ph.D.,  LL.D.  N.S.  Com- 
missioner of  education,  Woodrow  Wilson,  Ph.D.,  LL.D., 
Prof,  of  Jurisprudence  at  Princeton,  Goldwin  Smith, 
D.C.L.,  LL.D.,  Prof,  of  History  Univ.  of  Toronto,  Moses 
Coit  Tyler,  LL.D.  Prof,  of  history  at  Cornell,  Edward  G. 
Bourne.  Ph.D.  Prof,  of  History  at  Yale,  R.  J.  H.  Goth- 
heil,  Ph.D.  Prof,  of  Semitic  languages  at  Columbia, 
Alfred  T.  Mahan,  D.C.L.,  LL.D.,  Captain  United  States 
Navy  (retired)  Etc.,  Etc.,  Etc..  With  a  preface  on  the 
study  of  American  history  by  Woodrow  Wilson,  Ph.D., 
LL.D.  Professor  of  Jurisprudence  and  Politics  at  Prince- 
ton University,  author  of  "Colonies  and  Nation,"  Etc.,  Etc. 
With  original  documents,  portraits,  maps,  plans,  etc. 
Complete  in  ten  volumes.  Vol.  V.  8vo,  (2)-450  pp. 
Harper  &  Brothers,  Publishers.  New  York.  1902.  Lon- 
don. 

Paul  Jones,  pp.  189-192. 

Collections  of  the   Massachusetts  Historical   Society.     Sev- 
enth  Series.     Vol.    IIL     Published   at  the   charge   of  the 
Massachusetts    Historical    Trust    Fund.     Svo,    xvi-460   pp. 
Boston:    Published   by  the   Society.     MDCCCCIL 
Paul  Jones,  pages  39,  200,  201. 

Captain  Gustavus  Conyngham.  A  Sketch  of  the  Services  he 
rendered  to  the  cause  of  American  Independence.  By 
Charles  Henry  Jones,  Chairman  of  the  Board  of  Mana- 
gers. Published  by  the  Pennsylvania  Society  of  Sons  of 
the  Revolution.  1903.  Svo.  32  pp.  Press  of  J.  B.  Lippin- 
cott  Company.     Philadelphia. 

Uit  de  Oude  Doos.  By  D.  F.  Scheurleer.  Het  Nederlansche 
Zeewezen.  25  Gravenhage,  Ze  Jaargang,  Augustus,  1903, 
pp.   172-178. 

Interesting   article    on    Paul   Jones   with    a   number   of 
Dutch  Songs  exploiting  him. 

The  State  Records  of  North  Carolina.  Published  under  the 
supervision  of  the  Trustees  of  the  Public  Libraries,  by 
order  of  the  General  Assembly.  Collected  and  edited  by 
Walter  Clark,  Chief  Justice  of  the  Supreme  Court  of 
North  Carolina.  Vol.  XXI,  1788-1790.  vi-1083  pp.  Nash 
Brothers,  Book  and  Job  Printers,  Charlotte,  N.  C.  1903. 
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The  Grove.  By  Col.  W.  H.  S.  Burgwyn.  North  Carolina 
Booklet.     Raleigh,  January,    1903. 

The  Naval  History  of  the  United  States.  By  Willis  J.  Abbot. 
With  150  illustrations.  8vo,  xii-867  pp.  New  York: 
Dodd,   Mead  and   Company,  Publishers,   N.D.     (1903). 

Our  Nation's  Flag  in  History  and  Incident.  By  Nicholas 
Smith.  i2mo,  215  pp.  Milwaukee:  The  Young  Church- 
man Co.     1903. 

Marins  et  soldats  Frangais  en  Amerique  pendant  la  Guerre 
de  rindependence  des  Etats  Unis.  (1778-1783).  Par  le 
Vicomte  de  Noailles.  (Amblard  Marie  Raymond 
Amedee.)  8vo,  439  pp.  Paris:  Libraire  Academique 
Didier  Perrin  et  Cie  Libraires-fiditeurs,  35  Quai  des 
Grands-Augustins.     1903. 

Squadron   of  Warships  to   Bring  Home  the  Body  of  John 

Paul  Jones,  the  Father  of  the  American  Navy.  The 
Journal,    New   York,    November   29,    1903. 

A    Calendar    of    the    John    Paul    Jones    Manuscripts    in    the 

Library  of  Congress.  Compiled  under  the  Direction  of 
Charles  Henry  Lincoln,  Ph.D.,  of  the  Division  of  Manu- 
scripts. 8vo,  316  pp.  Washington:  Government  Printing 
Office.      1903. 

The  Compromises  of  Life  and  other  Lectures  and  Addresses. 

Including  some  Observations  on  Certain  Downward  Tend- 
encies of  Modern  Society.  By  Henry  Watterson.  8vo, 
xi-511  pp.  Nev>^  York:  Fox,  Duffield  &  Company.  1903. 
Reissued:  Duffield  &  Company,  New  York,  1906. 
"John  Paul  Jones,"  pp.  181-222.  "Farewell  to  Ambassador 
Porter,"  pp.  458-463. 

Letter  of  John  Paul  Jones.  Facsimile  of  letter  written 
aboard  the  "Ranger,"  February  13,  1778,  while  at  anchor 
in  Quiberon  Bay,  arranging  for  the  first  National  Salute 
ever  given  the  American  Flag  in  Europe.  At  this  time, 
Lord  Howe's  forces  were  occupying  Philadelphia. 

The  original  copy  of  this  letter  is  the  property  of  a 
member  of  the  Bibliophile  Society,  Mr.  Charles  T.  Har- 
beck,  of  New  York  City,  to  whose  courtesy  and  generosity 


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the    members    are    indebted    for    the    privilege    of    repro- 
ducing it. 

Issued  Exclusively  for  Members  of  The  Bibliophile 
Society.  Copyright  1903,  by  The  Bibliophile  Society.  All 
rights  reserved.     Folio. 

The  Writings  of  Thomas  Jefferson.  Library  Edition.  Con- 
taining his  Autobiography,  Notes  on  Virginia,  Parlia- 
mentary Manual,  Official  Papers,  Messages  and  Ad- 
dresses, and  other  Writings,  Official  and  Private,  now 
Collected  and  Published  in  their  Entirety  for  the  first 
time,  including  all  of  the  Original  Manuscripts,  deposited 
in  the  Department  of  State  and  Published  in  1853  by 
order  of  the  Joint  Committee  of  Congress;  With  numer- 
ous Illustrations  and  a  Comprehensive  Analytical  Index. 
Andrew  A.  Lipscomb,  Chairman  Board  of  Governors, 
Editor-in-Chief.  Albert  Ellery  Bergh,  Managing  Editor. 
8vo,  Twenty  volumes.  Issued  under  the  auspices  of  The 
Thomas  Jefferson  Memorial  Association  of  the  United 
States,  Washington,  D.  C.     1Q03. 

References  to  Paul  Jones.  Vol.  V.,  pp.  34,  55,  64,  76, 
lOi,  167,  218,  265,  368,  387,  388,  389,  405;  Vol.  VI,  pp.  415, 
416,  421;  Vol.  VII,  pp.  4,  38,  45,  83,  91,  94,  loi,  117,  126, 
287,  356;  Vol.  VIII,  pp.  246,  353,  362,  363,  374;  Vol.  IX, 
pp.  46;  Vol.  XIX,  pp.  47,  53,  54.  Letters  to  Paul  Jones — 
Vol.  V,  pp.  76,  368;  Vol.  VIII,  pp.  245,  353;  Vol.  XIX,  p. 
54- 

The  Encyclopaedia  Americana.  A  general  dictionary  of  the 
arts  and  sciences,  literature,  history,  biography,  geography, 
etc.,  of  the  world.  Editor-in-Chief  Frederick  Converse 
Beach,  editor  of  the  Scientific  American;  managing  edi- 
tor George  Edward  Rines;  editor  and  translator  Edward 
Thomas  Roe,  author  and  editor.  Thomas  Campbell 
Copeland,  expert  statistician.  In  sixteen  volumes.  8vo. 
The  Americana  Company,  New  York,  Chicago.  N.D. 
(1903) 

Paul  Jones,  Vol.  9. 

The  Story  of  France.  From  the  Earliest  Times  to  the  Con- 
sulate of  Napoleon  Bonaparte.  By  Thomas  E.  Watson. 
In  two  volumes.  8vo.  Vol.  I,  To  the  end  of  the  Reign 
of  Louis  the  Fifteenth,  xv-712  pp.  Vol.  II,  From  the 
end  of  the  Reign  of  Louis  the  Fifteenth  to  the  Con- 
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The    Macmillan    Company.      London:     Macmillan    &    Co., 
Ltd.     1904.     All  rights  reserved. 

References  to  John  Paul  Jones,  Vol.  H,  pp.  72,  430,  476. 

Commodore  John  Barry.  "The  Father  of  the  American 
Navy,"  a  Record  of  his  services  for  our  country.  "I 
serve  the  Country  for  Nothing." — Barry.  "May  a  suitable 
recompense  always  attend  your  Bravery." — Washington. 
By  Martin  I.  J.  Griffin,  Member  of  The  American  Catho- 
lic Historical  Society,  of  Philadelphia;  The  Historical 
Society  of  Pennsylvania;  The  Buffalo  Historical  Society; 
The  American-Irish  Historical  Society,  and  the  Ameri- 
can Historical  Association  of  the  United  States.  Royal 
8vo,  xii-424  pp.  Published  by  the  Author,  Philadelphia. 
1903.     Copyrighted. 

References  to  John  Paul  Jones,   Chapter  XIV,  p.    143. 
Edition  of  600  copies. 

Twenty-six  Historic  Ships.  The  Story  of  Certain  Famous 
Vessels  of  War  and  of  their  Successors  in  the  Navies  of 
the  United  States  and  of  the  Confederate  States  of 
America,  From  1775  to  1902.  By  Frederic  Stanhope  Hill, 
late  U.  S.  Navy.  Author  of  "Twenty  Years  at  Sea,"  "The 
Story  of  the  'Lucky  Little  Enterprise,' "  "The  Historic 
Continuity  of  the  Anglican  Church,"  etc.  With  an  Intro- 
duction by  Rear-Admiral  George  Eugene  Belknap,  IJ.  S. 
N.,  LL.D.  (Retired).  Roy.  8vo,  xlix-513  pp.  G.  P.  Put- 
nam's Sons,  New  York  and  London:  The  Knickerbocker 
Press.      1903. 

Paul  Jones.  A  Sketch.  By  Benjamin  F.  Stevens.  United 
Service,  Series  3,  Vol.  4,  pp.  465-472,  New  York,   1903. 

Historical    Sketch    of    the    Lodge    of    Edinburgh,    Defensive 

Band,   No.   151.     By  A.   A.    Murray.     Edinburgh.     1903. 

Where  is  the  Grave  of  John  Paul  Jones?  By  George  E. 
Light,  attache  of  the  Consulate  General  of  the  United 
States  in  Paris.  Munsey's  Magazine,  pp.  576-578.  New 
York,  July,    1904. 

Moses  Brown,  Captain,  U.  S.  N.  By  Edgar  Stanton  Maclay. 
A.M.  Author  of  "A  History  of  the  United  States  Navy." 
"A  History  of  American  Privateers,"  "Reminiscences  of 
the  Old  Navy,"  "Life  and  Adventures  of  Admiral  Philip;" 


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from  Pennsylvania,  1789-1791),  Editor  of  the  "Diary  of 
Samuel  Maclay,"  (U.  S.  Senator  from  Pennsylvania,  1802- 
1809).  8vo,  220  pp.  New  York:  The  Baker  and  Taylor 
Company.  33-37  East  Seventeenth  Street.  N.D.  (1904.) 
Paul  Jones  references,  pp.  16,  26,  59,  99. 

Curtis  Letter.  John  Paul  Jones'  Letters  to  Lord  and  Lady 
Selkirk.  An  Interesting  Collection.  N.  Y.  Commercial 
Advertiser,  November  25,  1904. 

Library  of  Congress.  Journals  of  the  Continental  Congress. 
Edited  from  the  Original  Records  in  the  Library  of  Con- 
gress. By  Worthington  Chauncey  Ford,  Chief  Division 
of  Manuscripts.  Large  8vo.  Twenty-three  volumes. 
Washington:     Government   Printing  Office.     1904. 

John    Paul   Jones,   Vol.   22,    pp.    151,   Vol.   23,    pp.   642, 
758,  761.  859. 

Bulletin  of  the  New  York  Public  Library,  Astor,  Lenox  and 

Tilden   Foundations.     September   1904.     Vol.   VIII,   Num- 
ber 9,  Roy.  8vo,  paged  407  to  468. 

List  of  Paul  Jones  titles  in  library,  pp.  427-8. 

Battle  between  the  "Bon  Homme  Richard"  and  the  "Sera- 
pis."  Commodore  Jones's  Report  to  Congress  through 
Dr.  Franklin.  Passage  from  Augustus  C.  Buell's  "Life  of 
Paul  Jones."  8vo,  24  pp.  Boston:  Old  South  Leaflets. 
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58th  Congress,  3d  Session.  House  of  Representatives,  Re- 
port No.  4887.  John  Paul  Jones.  March  2,  1905.  Com- 
mitted to  the  Committee  of  the  Whole  House  on  the 
state  of  the  Union  and  ordered  to  be  printed.  Mr.  Mc- 
Cleary,  from  the  Committee  on  the  Library,  submitted 
the  following.  Report.  (To  accompany  H.  J.  Res  42). 
ID  pp. 

On  the  removal  of  J.  P.  Jones'  remains  from  France 
to  the  U.  S. 

Capital  Stories  about  Famous  Americans.  A  Budget  of 
Tales  of  Love,  Heroism  and  Adventure  On  Land  and 
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Field,"  Etc.,  Etc.  8vo,  542  pp.  New  York:  The  Chris- 
tian Herald,  Louis  Klopsch,  Proprietor,  gi  to  115  Bible 
House.     N.D.     (1905.) 

Paul  Jones,  pp.  331.  338.  ^ 

Addition  to  Relics  of  John  Paul  Jones.  New  York  Times, 
March  12,   1905. 

Paul  Jones  as  a  Russian  Admiral.  By  Jessie  P.  Frothing- 
ham.     The  Evening  Post,  New  York,  March  18,  1905. 

Paul  Jones's  Body  found  and  Identified.  The  Times,  New 
York,  April  15,  1905. 

Jones's  Body  May  Lie  in  Arlington.  The  Evening  Sun, 
New  York,  April  15,  1905. 

Surely  Paul  Jones'  Body.  The  Sun,  New  York,  April  16, 
1905. 

Career  of  Paul  Jones.     The  Evening  Post,  New  York,  April 

21,  1905. 

Paul  Jones.  Letter  from  the  Editor  of  "American  Ances- 
try," New  York  Globe,  April  28,  1905. 

First  Victory  of  the  American  Navy,  A.D.  1779.  Pages  68- 
84,  Vol.  XIV,  "The  Great  Events  by  Famous  Historians," 
Edited  by  Rossiter  Johnston,  LL.D.  N.P.  N.D.  (New 
York,   1905.) 

Alexander  Slidell  Mackenzie's  account  of  the  taking  of 
the  "Serapis." 

How  They  Are  Digging  Up  and  WUl  Bring  Back  to  America 

the  Bones  of  John  Paul  Jones,  America's  First  Great 
Naval  Hero,  Who  Said:  "We  haven't  begun  to  fight 
yet,"  and  lashed  two  Ships  together  and  Fought  on  the 
Enemy's  Deck.     New  York  Journal,  March  5,  1905. 

New    York    Claims    Paul    Jones's    Body.         N.    Y.    Evening 

World,  April  20,  1905. 

How  Paul  Jones'  Body  Has  Been  Identified.  N.  Y.  World, 
April  16,  1905. 


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Marvellous   Search  For  Paul  Jones'  Body.     N.   Y.   Evening 

World,  April   15,   1905. 

New  York  Societies  Plan  to  Honor  Paul  Jones.  N.  Y. 
Evening  World,  April  21,  1905. 

Bury  the   Body  of  Admiral  Paul  Jones  under  New  York's 

Great  Naval  Arch.     N.  Y.  Evening  World,  April  28,  1905. 

The  Story  of  John  Paul  Jones.  By  A.  P.  Terhune.  N.  Y. 
Evening  World,  May  i,  1905. 

Floating  in  Alcohol,  in  a  Lead  Coffin,  Hidden  under  the  Cel- 
lar of  a  Stable.  How  Ambassador  Porter  burrowed 
Under  the  Busy  Streets  and  Houses  in  Paris  and  Found 
the  Missing  Body  of  Admiral  John  Paul  Jones,  the 
"Father  of  the  American  Navy,"  in  a  Forgotten  Ceme- 
tery.    N.  Y.  Journal.  May  7,  1905. 

Paul  Jones  is  Coming  Home.     Where  Shall  the  Body  of  the 

Hero  Lie?     N.  Y.  Herald,  May  14,  1905. 

Scenes  from  the   Life  of  John   Paul  Jones,  whose   Funeral 

begins  this  week.     N.  Y.  Tribune,  July  2,   1905. 

Some    Good    True    Stories    About    John    Paul    Jones.     The 

World  Magazine,  New  York,  July  16,  1905. 

Paul  Jones  in  Portrait  and  Caricature.  The  World,  New 
York.  July  16,  1905. 

Paul  Jones'  Diary  Found  in  Paris.  The  Herald,  New  York, 
July  17,  1905. 

Paris  Honoring  Paul  Jones;  Applauded  the  Yankee  Jackies. 

The  World,  New  York,  July  19,  1905. 

Sigsbee  Arrives  with  Jones's  Body.  The  New  York  World, 
New  York,  July  24,  1905. 

Honors  for  John  Paul  Jones.  The  Sun,  New  York,  July  25, 
1905. 

Jones'  Fellow  Officers.  By  Edgar  S.  Maclay.  The  Evening 
Post,  New  York,  May  2"],  1905. 


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John  Paul  Jones'  Fellow  Officers.  By  Edgar  S.  Maclay. 
The  Magazine  of  History,  pp.  301-305.  New  York,  May, 
1905. 

Reprint  from  New  York  Evening  Post. 

Resting  Place  of  John  Paul  Jones  at  Annapolis.  By  Park 
Benjamin.  The  Independent,  pp.  1159-63.  New  York, 
May  25,  1905. 

Finding  the  Body  of  Admiral  Paul  Jones  in  Paris.  Scien- 
tific  American,  p.  367.    New  York,  May  6,  1905. 

John  Paul  Jones,  By  F.  W.  Shepardson.  The  World  To- 
day, pp.  605-8.     Chicago,  June,  1905. 

Is  it  Paul  Jones's  body?  By  Thomas  E.  Watson.  Tom 
Watson's  Magazine,  pp.  391-392.     New  York,  June,   1905. 

John   Paul   Jones   and   our   first   triumphs   on   the   sea.     By 

Charles  Henry  Lincoln  (editor  of  the  "Calendar  of  John 
Paul  Jones'  manuscripts  in  the  Library  of  Congress"),  The 
American  Review  of  Reviews,  pp,  39-42.  New  York,  July, 
1905. 

Identification  of  John  Paul  Jones's  Body.  The  Independent, 
pp.  65-72.     New  York,  July  13,  1905. 

John  Paul  Jones'  Poem.  By  C.  E.  Stevens.  The  Independ- 
ent, p.  88,  New  York,  July  13,  1905. 

Ebeneezer  Hogg  vs.  John  Paul  Jones.  A  New  Hampshire 
case.  By  Otis  G.  Hammond,  The  Magazine  of  History, 
pp.  48-54.    New  York,  July,  1905. 

Is  it  John  Paul  Jones  or  a  substitute?     Current  Literature. 

p.  25.     New  York,  July,  1905. 

Narrative  of  John  Kilby,  quarter  gunner  of  the  U.  S.  ship 

"Bon  Homme  Richard,"  under  Paul  Jones.  With  intro- 
duction and  notes  by  Augustus  C.  Buell.  Scribner's  Mag- 
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Paul  Jones.  Poem.  By  C.  Furst.  The  Critic,  p.  ^(i,  New 
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possession  of  the  Pennsylvania  Academy  of  Fine  Arts, 
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History  of  the  Fanning  Family:  A  Genealogical  Record  to 
1900  of  the  Descendants  of  Edmund  Fanning,  the  Emi- 
grant Ancestor  in  America  who  settled  in  Connecticut  in 
1653.  To  which  is  prefixed  A  General  Account  of  the 
Fanning  Family  in  Europe  from  Norman  Times,  1197,  to 
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Paul  Jones.  Poem.  By  S.  M.  H.  Byers.  Harper's  Weekly, 
p.   1029.  July  15,  1905. 

Last  Honors  to  John  Paul  Jones.  By  H.  D.  Richardson. 
Harper's  Weekly,  pp.  1087-8.     New  York,  July  29,  1905. 

The  identification  of  John  Paul  Jones's  body  by  the  Profes- 
sors of  the  Paris  Anthropological  School.  By  Louis 
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The  Naval  Academy  Miniature  of  John  Paul  Jones. 
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Is  it  Paul  Jones's  body?  By  Park  Benjamin.  The  Independ- 
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John  Paul  Jones.  By  Cyrus  Townsend  Brady.  Munsey's 
Magazine,  pp.  452-461,  New  York,  July,  1905. 

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The   Personal  Apearance   of  John   Paul  Jones.     By  James 

Barnes,    Appleton's    Booklover's    Magazine,    pp.    106-118, 
New  York,  July,  1905. 

Reprinted  in  Current  Literature,  pp.  210-12,  New  York, 
,  August,  1905. 

A  Rare  Portrait  of  Paul  Jones.     The  little-known  engraving 
by    Moreau    compared    with    the    Houdon    Bust    and    the 
Peale     Painting.     By     Alexander     Corbett,     Jr.     Century 
Magazine,  pp.  774-779.     New  York,  September,   1905. 
(Being  the  engraved  portrait  by  Moreau  le  Jeune.) 

Library  of  Congress.  List  of  the  Benjamin  Franklin  Papers 
in  the  Library  of  Congress.  Compiled  under  the  Direc- 
tion of  Worthington  Chauncey  Ford,  Chief  Division  of 
Manuscripts.  Imp.  8vo.  322  pp.  Washington:  Gov- 
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Paul    Jones    references,    pp.    276-277;    Pierre    Landais, 
279-280. 

Story  of  Paul  Jones.  By  Alfred  Henry  Lewis.  Cosmo- 
politan Magazine,  pp.  90-96.  71-79,  349-357,  499-So8,  584- 
592,  211-217,  345-350,  421-427,  569-575,  691-696.  New  York, 
August,  1905 — May,  1906. 

Letters  of  John  Paul  Jones,  1780.  The  Pennsylvania  Maga- 
zine of  History  and  Biography.  Vol.  29,  pp.  334-338. 
Philadelphia.   July,  1905. 

Paul  Jones  as  a  Hero  in  Fiction.  By  A.  R.  Marble.  The 
Dial,  pp.  79-80.     Chicago,  August,  1905. 

John  Paul  Jones  in  Portraiture.  By  Beverly  Stark.  The 
Bookman,   pp.   581-584,   New  York,   August,    1905. 

Portrait  of  John  Paul  Jones.  The  Outlook,  p.  527,  New 
York,  September,  1905. 

Portrait  of  Paul  Jones,  engraved  by  J.  B.  Longacre,  from 
the  portrait  by  C.  W.  Peale.  The  Literary  Collector, 
Greenwich,    Conn.,    September,    1905. 

Homeward  Bound.  Poem.  By  Edmund  Clarence  Stedman. 
Century  Magazine,  p.  765,  ^ew  York,  September,  1905. 


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Reprinted  in  Current  Literature,  p.  454,  New  York, 
October,  1905. 

Paul  Jones,  The  Man.  An  Illustrious  Example  of  the  In- 
gratitude of  Republics.  By  Lynn  Teed  Sprague.  Out- 
ing Magazine,  pp.  707-712.     New  York,  September,    1905. 

Thirteen  Chapters  of  American  History:  Represented  by  the 
Edward  Moran  Series  of  (13)  Historical  Paintings.  By 
Theodore  Sutro.  Roy.  8vo,  113  pp.  Printed  privately 
in  New  York  for  Mr.  Sutro.     1905. 

Inserted  slip  in  title:  New  York:  Theodore  Sutro, 
280  Broadway  and  the  Baker  &  Taylor  Co.,  Publishers' 
Agents,  2i2>-37  East  17th  Street,  $1.50  net. 

The  Recovery  of  the  Body  of  John  Paul  Jones.  By  General 
Horace  Porter,  LL.D.  Recently  Ambassador  of  the 
LTnited  States  to  France.  Century  Magazine,  pp.  927- 
955,  New  York,  October,  1905. 

Letters  from  John  Paul  Jones  to  Joseph  Hewes.  The  Vir- 
ginia Magazine  of  History  and  Biography.  Vol.  13,  pp. 
87-90.  Published  Quarterly  by  the  Virginia  Historical' 
Society.  For  the  year  ending  June,  1906.  Richmond, 
Va.,  House  of  the  Society,  No.  707  E.  Franklin  Street. 

Some  facts  about  John  Paul  Jones.  By  Junius  Davis.  Mem- 
ber of  the  Wilmington,  N.  C,  Bar.  The  South  Atlantic 
Quarterly,  pp.  378,  391;  50-64.  Durham,  North  Carolina, 
October,  1905.     January,  1906. 

Some  Facts  About  John  Paul  Jones.  By  Junius  Davis, 
Member  of  the  Wilmington,  N.  C,  Bar.  Reprinted  from 
"The  South  Atlantic  Quarterly."  8vo,  36  pp.  Raleigh: 
Presses  of  Edwards  &  Broughton.     1906. 

John  Paul  Jones,  Communication.  By  A.  A.  Folsom.  The 
Magazine  of  History,  pp.  285-286.  New  York,  October, 
1905. 

The  Fame  of  John  Paul  Jones.  Century  Magazine,  pp. 
955-959-     New  York,  October,  1905. 

How  "False"   History  is   Made   to   Uphold   the    Claim   that 

John  Paul  Jones  was  the  Father  or  Founder  of  the  Amer- 


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New  Series,  Vol.  I,  pp.  234-247.     1905- 

The  Commodores  of  the  Navy  of  the  United  Colonies:  Hop- 
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Book-Lovers  Magazine,  Vol.  VI.  pp.  574-584.  New 
York,  November,  1905. 

Reprinted    in    The    American    Catholic    Historical    Re- 
searches, pp.  116-131.     Philadelphia,  April,  1907. 

John  Paul  Jones  and  John  Barry.  American  Catholic  His- 
torical Researches,  New  Series,  Vol.  I,  pp.  343-358.  Vol. 
II,  pp.  242-273.     1905- 1906. 

The  Surname  of  John  Paul  Jones.  Century  Magazine,  pp. 
332-334.     New  York,  December,  1905. 

Paul  Jones'  Body  Discovered?  By  Ernest  H.  Gaskell. 
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A  History  of  All  Nations  from  the  Earliest  Times.  Being 
a  Universal  Historical  Library  by  Distinguished  Scholars, 
in  Twenty-Four  Volumes.  By  Charles  M.  Andrews,  John 
Fiske,  Theodor  Flathe,  G.  F.  Hertzberg,  F.  Justi,  J.  von 
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The  American  Nation.  A  History.  Volume  9.  The  Amer- 
ican Revolution.  By  Claude  Halsted  Van  Tyne,  Ph.D., 
Assistant  Professor  of  American  History,  University  of 
Michigan.  With  maps.  8vo,  xv-369  pp.  •  New  York  and 
London:  Harper  &  Brothers.  1905. 
Paul  Jones,  pp.  317,  318,  352. 

Library  of  the  Great  World.     Admiral  Paul  Jones.     By   A. 

Van  Doren  Honeyman,  Author  of  "Bright  Days  in  Mer- 
rie  England,"  "Bright  Days  in  Sunny  Lands,"  Etc.  i6mo, 
100  pp.  Plainfield,  New  Jersey,  Honeyman  &  Company. 
1905. 

American  Heroes  and  Heroines.  By  Pauline  Carrington 
Bouve.  i2mo,  299  pp.  Boston.  D.  Lothrop  &  Co. 
N.D.     (1905.) 

Paul  Jones,  pp.  77-88. 


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Our  Navy  and  the  Barbary  Corsairs.  By  Gardner  W.  Allen. 

8vo,     xiii-354     pp.      Boston,      New  York     and      Chicago: 

Houghton,    Mifflin    and    Company,  The    Riverside    Press, 
Cambridge.     1905. 

Letters  of  John  Paul  Jones  printed  from  the  unpublished  orig- 
inals in  Mr.  W.  K.  Bixby's  collection,  with  introductory 
remarks  by  General  Horace  Porter  and  Franklin  B.  San- 
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Bulletins  et  Memoires  de  la  Societe  D'Anthropologie  de 
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Boulevard  Saint-Germain.     1905. 

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Notice  sur  les  Travaux  Scientifiques  de  M.  le  Docteur  Capi- 
tan.    8vo,  86  pp.,  wrappers.     N.P.     X.D.     (Paris,   1905). 
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The  Making  of  America.  Editorial  Edition  limited  to  one 
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Vol.  IX.  Army  and  Navy.  John  Paul  Jones,  pp.  208- 
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O.  Paullin;  pp.  252-254;  John  Paul  Jones,  "Bon  Homme 
Richard"  and  "Serapis"  in  "The  Heroes  of  the  Navy,"  by 
Charles  C.  Fitzmorris,  p.  265;  "Serapis"  conquered  in 
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Captured  by,  in  "Historic  Swords"  by  Randolph  Iltyd 
Geare. 

The  Life  of  General  Hugh  Mercer.  With  brief  sketches  of 
General  George  Washington,  John  Paul  Jones,  General 
George  Weedon,  James  Monroe  and  Mrs.  Mary  Ball 
Washington,  who  were  friends  and  associates  of  General 
Mercer  at  Fredericksburg;  also  a  sketch  of  Lodge  No.  4, 


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A.  F.  and  A.  M.,  of  which  Generals  Washington  and  Mer- 
cer were  members;  and  a  genealogical  table  of  the  Mer- 
cer family.  By  John  T.  Goolrick.  Illustrated.  8vo,  140 
pp.  New  York  &  Washington:  The  Neale  Publishing 
Company.     1906. 

The  Stars  and  Stripes  and  Other  American  Flags  Including 
their  Origin  and  History,  Army  and  Navy  Regulations 
Concerning  the  National  Standard  and  Ensign,  Flag 
Making,  Salutes,  Improvised,  Unique,  and  Combination 
Flags,  Flag  Legislation,  and  many  Associations  of  Ameri- 
can Flags,  including  the  Origin  of  the  name  "Old  Glory," 
with  Songs  and  their  Stories.  By  Peleg  D.  Harrison. 
With  eight  Flags  illustrated  in  Colors.  8vo.  xv-419  pp. 
Boston:     Little,    Brown,    and    Company.     1906. 

Le  Commodore  Paul  Jones.  Sa  reception  a  Nantes  en  1780. 
By  Gaetan  de  Wisnies.  Society  d'  Nantes  Annales,  Se- 
ries 8,  Vol.  6,  pp.  99-108,  Nantes,  1906. 

Proceedings  of  the  Most  Worshipful  Grand  Lodge  of  An- 
cient Free  and  Accepted  Masons  of  the  Commonwealth 
of  Massachusetts,  for  the  year  1905.  Quarterly  Com- 
munications: March  8;  June  14;  September  28;  October 
11;  November  16.  Stated  Communication:  December 
27,  Feast  of  St.  John  the  Evangelist,  being  its  one  hun- 
dred and  seventy-second  Anniversary.  M.  W.  Baalis  San- 
ford,  Grand  Master.  R.  W.  Sereno  D.  Nickerson,  Re- 
cording Grand  Secretary.  Ordered  to  be  read  in  all 
the  Lodges.  8vo,  280  pp.  Boston:  The  Rockwell  and 
Churchill    Press.     1906. 

Paul  Jones,  pp.  221-28;  230-32;  260-267. 

Year  Book.    Paul  Jones  Chapter  Daughters  of  the  American 

Revolution.  "People  Will  Not  Look  Forward  to  Pos- 
terity who  never  look  backward  to  their  ancestors." — ■ 
Edmund  Burke.  8vo,  20-(i)  pp.  Boston,  Massachu- 
setts: 1898- 1906.  N.P.  N.D.  (Wallace  Spencer, 
Printer,  41  Arch  Street,  Boston,   1906). 

The  Navy  of  the  American  Revolution,  Its  Administration, 

Its  Policy  and  Its  Achievements.  By  Charles  Oscar 
Paullin,  Ph.D.  Sometime  Fellow  (Elect)  in  the  Johns 
Hopkins  University.  i2mo,  549  pp.  Cleveland:  The 
Burrows   Brothers   Company.     1906. 


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Mentions   Paul   Jones. 

Addresses  of  John  Hay.  8vo,  vi-353  pp.  New  York:  The 
Century  Co.     1906. 

Includes  "Franklin  in  France,"  pp.  25-36. 

How  Many  Mutineers  did  Paul  Jones  Kill?  By  Emma  Rep- 
plier.  The  Independent,  pp.  832-834.  New  York,  April 
12,  1906. 

Paul  Jones.  By  S.  B.  Weeks.  Publications  of  the  Southern 
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John  Paul  Jones'  Last  Cruise  and  Final  Resting  Place,  the 

United  States  Naval  Academy.  By  H.  Marion.  8vo,  87 
pp.     George  E.  Howard,  Washington,  D.  C.     1906. 

Our  National  Flag.  The  Stars  and  Stripes.  Its  History  in 
a  Century.  By  Major-General  T.  Hamilton.  Magazine 
of  American  History,  Vol.  I,  No.  7.  New  York,  Decem- 
ber, 1906. 

The  Story  of  Paul  Jones.  An  Historical  Romance.  By  Al- 
fred Henry  Lewis.  Author  of  "Wolfville,"  "The  Boss." 
"Peggy  O'Neal,"  "The  Sunset  Trail,"  "The  Throwback," 
Etc.  Illustrations  by  Seymour  M.  Stone  and  Phillipps 
Ward.  i2mo,  308  pp.  G.  W.  Dillingham  Company,  Pub- 
lishers.    New  York.     N.D.     (1906). 

First  published  in  the  Cosmopolitan  Magazine. 

A  New  Page  in  the  History  of  John  Paul  Jones.  By  Mrs. 
Reginald  De  Koven.  Harper's  Weekly,  p.  482.  New 
York,  April,    1906. 

Notes  on  a  Wax  Medallion,  and  Relative  Autograph  Letter 

oi  Paul  Jones,  Presented  to  the  Society  in  i860,  and  now 
in  the  National  Museum  of  Antiquities.  By  Francis 
Caird  Inglis,  F.S.A.  Scot.  Reprinted  from  the  Proceed- 
ings of  the  Society  of  Antiquaries  of  Scotland,  January 
8,  1906.  Sq.  i2mo,  53  pp.  Printed  by  Neill  &  Co.,  Ltd., 
Bellevue,   Edinburgh.     1906. 


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A  Contribution  to  the  Bibliography  of  The  History  of  the 

United  States  Navy.  Compiled  by  Charles  T.  Harbeck. 
Imp.  8vo,  viii-247  pp.  Privately  Printed  at  the  River- 
side Press,  Cambridge,  1906. 

"Home  Bound."  Poem.  By  Wallace  Irwin.  Page  261  of 
"Random  Rhymes  and  Odd  Numbers."  New  York:  The 
Macmillan    Company.      1906. 

Barry  and  Jones.  The  National  Hibernian.  Washington, 
June  15,  igo6. 

Reprinted  in  The  American  Catholic  Historical  Re- 
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of  the  Navy"  letter  from  the  Philadelphia  Bulletin. 
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division  of  Manuscripts.  Roy.  Bvo,  549  pp.  Washing- 
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Fit  Sepulture  at  last  given  to  Paul  Jones.  N.  Y.  World, 
April  25,  1906. 

Nation  Honors  Paul  Jones.     N.  Y.  Sun,  April  25,  1906. 

A  Fictitious  Paul  Jones  Masquerading  as  the  Real.  The  Ac- 
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Paul  Jones  as  a  Statesman.     N.  Y.  Tribune,  July  6,  1906. 

Doubt  is  Cast  Upon  the  Authenticity  of  Paul  Jones'  Re- 
mains, Now  in  America.     N.  Y.  Herald,  October  13,  1907. 

The    Fire    Divine.     By   Richard    Watson    Gilder.     i2mo,   vii- 
130  pp.     New   York:     The   Century   Co.     MCMVII. 
John  Paul  Jones,  p.  58. 

Heroes  of  the  Navy  in  America.  By  Charles  Morris.  Au- 
thor of  "Historical  Tales,"  "Half-Hours  With  American 
Authors,"  etc.  i2mo,  320  pp.  Philadelphia  and  London: 
J.  B.  Lippincott  Company.     1907. 


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The  Sword  Presented  by  Louis  XVI  to  John  Paul  Jones.     A 

History.  By  Charles  Henry  Hart.  Read  before  the 
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New  Light  Upon  the  Career  of  John  Paul  Jones.  8vo,  paged 
683  to  709.  Reprinted  from  the  Proceedings  of  the 
United  States  Naval  Institute,  Vol.  XXXIII,  No.  2, 
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The  True  Story  of  the  "America."  By  Robert  W.  Neeser. 
Reprint  from  Naval  Institute  Proceedings,  Vol.  34,  No.  2, 
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Only  25  copies  issued.  Excerpted  from  the  Pro- 
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"The  submission  of  a  free  people  to  the  executive 
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8vo,  two  volumes,  xxiii-i  to  664;  viii-665  to  1306  pp. 
London:  Brown,  Langham.  &  Co.,  Ltd.  78  New  Bond 
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The  Library  of  Historic  Characters  and  Famous  Events  Of 

All  Nations  and  All  Ages.  A.  R.  Spofiford,  Librarian  of 
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Great  Artists  and  from  Authentic  Portraits.  Twelve 
vols.  8vo,  each  volume  400  pages.  Boston:  J.  B.  Mil- 
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The   American   Pilgrim's   Way   in   England   to    Homes   and 

Memorials  of  the  Founders  of  Virginia;  The  New  Eng- 
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vard and  Yale;  The  First  President  of  the  United  States, 
&  other  Illustrious  Americans.  By  Marcus  B.  Huish, 
LL.B.  Illustrated  by  Elizabeth  M.  Chettle.  4to.  xxv- 
(i)-376  pp.  London:  The  Fine  Arts  Society,  Ltd.,  147 
New  Bond  St.     1907. 

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Griffin.  Three  Volumes.  8vo,  20-352;  (5)-40o;  (io)-400 
pp.  Ridley  Park,  Pa.:  Published  by  the  Author.  1907, 
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Buell's  Lies.  By  Martin  I.  J.  Griffin.  The  American  Catho- 
lic Historical  Researches,  pages  69-70.  Philadelphia,  Jan- 
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In  the  Track  of  the  Enemy.  A  Story  of  Naval  Prowess  in 
1776,  as  Told  by  Midshipman  Henry  Gardiner.  By  Wil- 
liam P.  Chipman,  Author  of  "A  Brave  Defense,"  "A  Dar- 
ing Capture,"  "Two  Yankee  Middies,"  "A  Yankee  Lad's 
Pluck,"  etc.,  etc.  With  Six  Page  Illustrations  by  J.  Wat- 
son Davis.  8vo.  v-287  pp.  A.  L.  Burt  Company,  Pub- 
lishers,  New   York.     N.D.     (1907.) 

John  Paul  Jones.  Commemoration  at  Annapolis,  April  24, 
1906.  Compiled  under  the  Direction  of  the  Joint  Com- 
mittee on  Printing  by  Charles  W.  Stewart.  Superintend- 
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1907. 

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(1776-1779).  Par  Nicodeme,  Commissaire  de  Ire  classe 
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Short  History  of  the  American  Navy.  By  John  R.  Spears. 
Published  under  the  auspices  of  the  Navy  League  of  the 


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Charles   Scribner's  Sons.     1907. 

A  History  of  the  United  States  Navy.  By  John  R.  Spears. 
Illustrated.  8vo,  334  pp.  Charles  Scribner's  Sons.  New 
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Paul  Jones.  By  Captain  A.  T.  Mahan.  Scribner's  Magazine, 
New  York,  July-August.     1908. 

Proceedings  of  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Free  and  Accepted  Ma- 
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Ninety-seventh   Annual    Report.     8vo,   639  pp.     Washing- 
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The  Story  of  Commodore  John  Barry  "Father  of  the  Ameri- 
can Navy."  By  Martin  I.  J.  Griffin,  Historian  of  the 
Society  of  the  Friendly  Sons  of  St.  Patrick  of  Philadel- 
phia. "I  serve  the  country  for  nothing" — Barry.  "May  a 
suitable  recompense  always  attend  your  bravery." — 
Washington.     8vo,    95    pp.     Philadelphia.     1908. 

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Vol.  IV.  April  1908.  No.  2.  "The  Story  of  Commodore 
John  Barry.  The  Father  of  the  American  Navy."  p.  97- 
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of  Massachusetts,  for  the  Year  1907.  Quarterly  Com- 
munications: March  13;  June  12;  September  11;  Decem- 
ber II  (Annual).  Special  Communications:  March  9; 
August  20;  September  21;  October  7,  16,  22;  November 
11:  December  7.  Stated  Communication:  December  2^, 
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and  Seventy-Fourth  Anniversary.  M.  W.  John  Albert 
Blake,  Grand  Master.  R.  W.  Sereno  D.  Nickerson,  Re- 
cording Grand  Secretary.  Ordered  to  be  read  in  all  the 
Lodges.  8vo,  253  pp.  Boston:  The  Rockwell  and 
Churchill  Press.     1908. 

Paul  Jones,  pages  100-119. 

With  John  Paul  Jones.  By  John  T.  Mclntyre.  Author  of 
"Fighting  King  George,"  etc.  Illustrated  by  Clyde  O. 
Deland.  i2mo,  359  pp.  Philadelphia:  The  Penn  Pub- 
lishing Company.     MCMVIII. 

Famous  Duels  of  the  Fleet  and  Their  Lessons.     By  H.   B. 

Money  Coutts.  With  Illustrations  by  Norman  Wilkin- 
son. i2mo.  xviii-(i)-3i4  pp.  William  Blackwood  and 
Sons,  Edinburgh  and  London.     1908. 

F.-A.  Gruyer  Membre  De  L'Institut.     La  Jeunesse  Du  Roi 

Louis-Philippe  D'Apres  Les  Portraits  Et  Les  Tableaux 
Conserves  Au  Musee  Conde.  Sm.  4to,  270  pp.  Paris: 
Librairie  Hachette  et  Cie,  79,  Boulevard  Saint-Germain, 
79.     1909. 

Nelson  and  Other  Naval  Studies.     By  James  R.  Thursfield, 
M.A.     Hon.  Fellow  of  Jesus  College,  Oxford.     "There  is 
but  one  Nelson."     With  Illustrations.     8vo,  xxxix-384  pp. 
London:  John  Murray,  Albemarle  Street,  W.     1909. 
Paul  Jones,  pp.  170-357- 

The  Makers  of  Canada.  Sir  Frederick  Haldimand.  By 
Jean  N.  Mcintosh.  8vo,  356  pp.  Toronto:  Morang  & 
Co.,  Limited.     1909. 

On  page  245  appears  this  paragraph:  "Paul  Jones  is 
another  distinguished  Seaman  who  stalks  through  the 
General's  (Haldimand)  Correspondence  where  tragedy 
and  Comedy  walk  side  by  side,  as  in  the  Old  Gazettes." 
This  correspondence  is  preserved  in  the  British  museum. 
It  includes  232  volumes  of  MS. 

Jones  Relic  for  Art  Museum.  New  York  Times,  April  23, 
1909. 

Paris   Landlord   to   sue  for   Damages  in   Digging  out   Paul 

Jones.     New  York  American,   July   11,    1909. 


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1909. 

Privateers  and  Privateering.  By  Commander  E.  P. 
Stratham,  R.N.,  Author  of  the  "Story  of  The  Britannia," 
and  joint  author  of  the  "House  of  Howard."  With  Eight 
Illustrations.  i2mo,  382  pp.  New  York:  James  Pott 
&  Company.     1910. 

London:     Hutchinson  &  Co.     xiii-382  pp.     Same  Year. 
Paul  Jones,  p.  13. 

The  Life  of  Benjamin  Disraeli,  Earl  of  Beaconsfield.  By 
William  Flavelle  Moneypenny.  Volume  I,  1804-1837. 
With  Portraits  and  Illustrations.  Read  no  history,  noth- 
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millan  Company,  igio.  All  rights  reserved. 
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John  Paul  Jones:  Our  Graveless  Hero.  Collier's  Weekly, 
New  York,  April  9,  1910. 

John  Paul  Jones,  Unguarded,  Unhonored,  Unburied.     New 

York  Herald,  September  25,   1910. 

The  Story  of  Our  Navy  for  Young  Americans  from  Colonial 
Days  to  the  Present  Time.  By  Willis  J.  Abbot,  Author 
of  "The  Blue  Jacket  Series,"  "The  Battlefield  Series," 
"American  Merchant  Ships  and  Sailors."  8vo,  521  pp. 
New    York:     Dodd,    Mead   and    Company.     1910. 

The  American  Historical  Review.  Vol.  XV.  No.  i.  April, 
1910,    Lancaster,    Pennsylvania.     4to,   wrappers,   231    pp. 

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fense against  John  Paul  Jones,  1779,"  pp.  567-71. 

The  Romance  of  the  American  Navy  As  Embodied  in  the 

Stories  of  Certain  of  Our  Public  and  Private  Armed 
Ships  from  1775  to  1909.  By  Frederic  Stanhope  Hill, 
Late  United  States  Navy.  Author  of  "Twenty-Six  His- 
toric Ships,"  "Twenty  Years  at  Sea,"  "The  Story  of  the 
'Lucky  Little  Enterprise,'"  "The  Historic  Continuity  of 
the  Anglican  Church,"  etc.  Illustrated.  8vo,  xxxi-395 
pp.  G.  P.  Putnam's  Sons,  New  York  and  London.  The 
Knickerbocker  Press.     1910. 

Chapter  on  John  Paul  Jones,  pp.  61  to  91. 


314  PAUL  JONES 

The  Encyclopaedia  Britannica.  A  dictionary  of  Arts,  Sci- 
ences, Literature  and  General  Information.  Eleventh 
Edition.  Roy.  8vo,  29  vols.  Cambridge,  England,  At 
the  University  Press.  New  York,  35  West  32d  Street. 
1911. 

Paul  Jones,  Vol.   15,   pp.  499-500. 

The    Story   of   Our   Navy.     By   William    O.    Stevens,   Ph.D. 
Professor  of  English,  U.  S.  Naval  Academy.     With  Illus- 
trations   and    Maps.      i2mo,    vi-(2)-3i6    pp.      Harper    & 
Brothers,  Publishers.     New  York  and  London,  191 1. 
Paul  Jones,  pp.  12,  28. 

Rare  Books,  Prints  and  Autographs  (Catalogue).  No.  268, 
8vo,  160  pp.  Maggs  Bros.,  109  Strand.  London,  N.D. 
(1911.) 

Letter  from  Paul  Jones,  to  Thomas  Jefferson,  Paris. 
Oct.  5,  1785.  Concerns  the  loss  of  La  Perouse's  exploring 
expedition  in  the  South  Sea. 

France  in  the  American  Revolution.     By  James  Breck  Per- 
kins.    8vo,   544  pp.     Boston   and   New  York:     Houghton, 
Mifflin,   Company,  The   Riverside   Press,   Cambridge,   191 1. 
Paul  Jones,  pp.  154  and  244. 

John  Paul  Jones.  By  John  T.  Goodrich.  The  Sun,  page  6, 
fifth  column.     New  York,  April  11,  191 1. 

Relates  to  his  sojourn  at  Fredericksburg,  Virginia,  and 
the  local  records  concerning  his  brother,  William  Paul. 

North  Sea  Fishers  and  Fighters.  By  Walter  Wood,  author 
of  "Men  of  the  North  Sea,"  "Survivors'  Tales  of  Great 
Events,"  etc.,  etc.  With  colour  and  pencil  illustrations 
by  Frank  H.  Mason  and  Photographs  by  the  Author. 
Sq.  8vo,  xv-366  pp.  London:  Kegan  Paul,  Trench, 
Triibner  &  Co.,  Ltd.     191 1. 

Paul  Jones  off  Flamborough,  pp.  319-335. 

Annals  of  a  Yorkshire  House.  From  the  Papers  of  a  Mac- 
aroni and  his  Kindred.  By  A.  M.  W.  Stirling.  With  3 
Portraits  in  Colour,  3  in  Photogravure  and  33  other  Illus- 
trations. Two  Volumes:  Volume  One.  "I  looked  at 
the  coffins  in  the  vault  till  they  seemed  to  me  to  become 
transparent  and  to  show  the  dead  lying  within  them  in 
victorious    quietness    over   this    tremulous   and    spasmodic 


BIBLIOGRAPHY  315 

Life,  and  gently  subsiding  into  the  large  lap  of  Catholic 
Nature."  M.  Milnes.  8vo,  xviii-361;  viii-365  pp.  London: 
John  Lane,  The  Bodley  Head.  New  York:  John  Lane 
Company.     MCMXf. 

Paul  Jones,  pp.  90-93  and  96-98,  Vol.  2. 

The  Logs  of  the  "Serapis,"  "Alliance,"  "Ariel"  under  the  Com- 
mand of  John  Paul  Jones,  1779-1780.  With  Extracts 
from  Public  Documents,  Unpublished  Letters,  and  Nar- 
ratives, and  Illustrated  with  Reproductions  of  Scarce 
Prints.  Edited  by  John  S.  Barnes,  late  Lieutenant-Com- 
mander, U.S.N.  4to,  138  pp.  New  York:  Printed  for 
the  Naval  History  Society  by  the  De  Vinne  Press 
MDCCCCXL 

Shed  Light  on  Our  History,  Interesting  Papers  in  Files 
of  Treasury  Department.  The  Evening  Post,  New  York, 
Oct.  2.-J,  191 1. 

The  Book  of  Knowledge,  the  Children's  Encyclopaedia. 
Editors-in-Chief,  Arthur  Mee,  Temple  Chambers,  Lon- 
don; Holland  Thompson,  Ph.D.,  The  College  of  The  City 
of  New  York.  With  an  Introduction  by  John  H.  Finley, 
LL.D.,  President  of  The  College  of  The  City  of  New 
York.  Departmental  Editors  and  Contributors— All 
Countries,  Frances  Epps;  Men  and  Women,  Ernest  A. 
Bryant;  The  United  States,  Holland  Thompson,  Ph.D.; 
Natural  History,  Ernest  Ingersoll;  Our  Own  Life,  Dr 
C.  W.  Saleeby;  The  Earth,  Dr.  C.  W.  Saleeby;  PlantLife, 
Edward  Step;  Famous  Books,  J.  A.  Hammerton;  Golden 
Deeds,  M.  Perry  Mills;  Stories  and  Legends,  Edward 
Wright;  School  Lessons,  A.  M.  Skinner,  M.A.;  Book  of 
Wonder,  Arthur  Mee;  Familiar  Things,  Harold  Begbie; 
Poetry  and  Rhymes,  A.  Von  Hartmann;  Things  to  Make 
&  Do,  H.  G.  Fleming;  Dominion  of  Canada,  N.  A.  Brisco, 
Ph.D.  20  volumes.  4to.  New  York:  The  Grolier  So- 
ciety. London:  The  Educational  Book  Co.  N.D. 
(1911.) 

References  to   Paul  Jones,   Vol.    IV,   p.  990;   Vol.    IX, 
pp.  2897,  2898,  2899  (portrait),  2900. 

A   Memorial   to    Paul  Jones.     Richmond,    (Va.)    Times-Dis- 
patch, March  2,  191 1. 


3i6  PAUL  JONES 

Memoirs  of  the  Life  and  Works  of  Jean  Antoine  Houdon, 

the  Sculptor  of  Voltaire  and  of  Washington.  By  Charles 
Henry  Hart  and  Edward  Biddle.  With  thirty-three  illus- 
trations. 4to.  v-xiii-341  pp.  Philadelphia:  Printed  for 
the  Authors.     MCMXI. 

Two  hundred  and  fifty  copies  and  two  unnumbered 
copies  for  copyright  purposes,  printed  by  the  De  Vinne 
Press,  New  York. 

Chapter  VII-1780.  Bust  of  John  Paul  Jones.  Con- 
sideration of  the  Identification  of  the  body  of  Jones  by 
comparisons  with  the  Houdon  bust,  pp.  125  to  172. 

Declares  in  Book  Body  sent  to  U.  S.  isn't  Paul  Jones's.   The 

World,  New  York,  December  22,   1911. 

Identity  of  Jones  Based  on  Forgery,  says  Expert  (Charles 
Henry  Hart).  The  World,  New  York,  December  23, 
1911. 

Paul  Jones's  Body,  says  Mrs.  De  Koven.  New  York  Times, 
Dec.  25,   1911. 

Replies  to  Mrs.  De  Koven.  New  York  Times,  December  26, 
1911. 

Fanning's  Narrative.  Being  the  Memoirs  of  Nathaniel  Fan- 
ning, an  Officer  of  the  Revolutionary  Navy,  1778-1783. 
Edited  and  annotated  by  John  S.  Barnes,  late  Lieutenant 
Commander,  U.  S.  N.  Roy.  8vo,  258  pp.  New  York: 
Printed  for  the  Naval  History  Society  by  The  De  Vinne 
Press.     MDCCCCXIL 

Vol.  II,  of  Publications  of  the  Naval  History  Society. 

Burial  of  John  Paul  Jones.  Poem.  By  Don  C.  Seitz,  Har- 
per's Weekly,  New  York,  February  3,  1912. 

Niece  of  Paul  Jones  Starves.  Mme.  Gombault  Found  Dead 
in  Paris — Had  Relics  of  Great  Captain.  The  Sun,  New 
York,  January  30,  1912. 

The    Albert    Shaw    Lectures    on    Diplomatic    History,    191 1. 

Diplomatic  Negotiations  of  American  Naval  Officers, 
1778-1883.  By  Charles  Oscar  Paullin,  Lecturer  on  Naval 
History  in  the  George  Washington  University.  8vo,  380 
pp.     Baltimore:     The    Johns    Hopkins    Press.     1912. 


BIBLIOGRAPHY  317 

"The   Diplomatic  Activities   of  John   Paul  Jones   1778- 
1792,"  pp.   11-42. 

Brave  Deeds  of  American  Sailors.  By  Robert  B.  Duncan. 
8vo,  311  pp.  Philadelphia:  George  W.  Jacobs  &  Com- 
pany, Publishers,   N.   D.      (1912.) 

Porter  Lauds  Paul  Jones.  New  York  Tribune,  April  18, 
1912.     Report  of  unveiling-  Jones'  statue  at  Washington. 

Footprints  of  Famous  Americans  in  Paris.  By  John  Jo- 
seph Conway,  M.A.  With  an  introduction  by  Mrs.  John 
Lane  and  32  Illustrations.  8vo,  xxxi-315  pp.  London: 
John  Lane,  The  Bodley  Head.  New  York:  John  Lane 
Company.  MCMXIL 
Paul  Jones,  pp.  69-85. 

Statue  Unveiled  in  Washington  to  John  Paul  Jones.  New 
York  World,  April   18,    1912. 

Paul   Jones    Relic    Is    Brought    Here    from    England.     New 

York  Herald,  September  23,  1912. 

Out-Letters    of    the    Continental     Marine     Committee    and 

Board  of  Admiralty.  August,  1776— September,  1780. 
Edited  by  Charles  Oscar  Paullin,  of  the  Carnegie  Insti- 
tution in  Washington.  Volume  i,  8vo,  xxviii-289  pp. 
New  York:  Printed  for  the  Naval  History  Society  by 
The  De  Vinne  Press.     MDCCCCXII. 

Includes  letters  to  Paul  Jones  and  Landais. 

Out-Letters    of    the     Continental    Marine    Committee    and 

Board  of  Admiralty.  August,  1776— September,  1780.  Ed- 
ited by  Charles  Oscar  Paullin,  of  the  Carnegie  Institution, 
Washington.  Volume  II.  8vo,  xxii-329  pp.  Nev^ 
York:  Printed  for  the  Naval  History  Society  by  the 
De  Vinne  Press.  MDCCCCXIV. 
Paul  Jones,  p.  112. 

Unveiling  of  the  Statue  of  John  Paul  Jones.  Washington, 
April  17,  1912.  8vo,  15  pp.  and  6  plates.  (Issued  by  the 
Government  Printing  Office.) 

George  the  Third  and  Charles  Fox.  Concluding  part  of  the 
American  Revolution  by  the  Right  Hon.  Sir  George  Otto 


3i8  PAUL  JONES 

Trevelyn,  Bart.,  O.M.  Author  of  "The  Life  and  Letters 
of  Lord  Macaulay"  and  "The  Early  History  of  Charles 
James  Fox."  In  two  volumes,  x-342;  xi-473  pp.  Long- 
mans, Green,  and  Co.,  39  Paternoster  Row,  London,  New 
York,  Bombay,  and  Calcutta.  1912.  All  Rights  Reserved. 
1912,  1914. 

John  Paul  Jones,  Vol.  I,  p.  ^T,  Vol.  II,  p.  99. 

The  Sailor  Whom  England  Feared.  Being  the  Story  of 
Paul  Jones,  Scotch  Naval  Adventurer  and  Admiral  in  the 
American  and  Russian  Fleets.  By  M.  MacDermot  Craw- 
ford, Author  of  "The  Wife  of  Lafayette,"  Etc.  8vo, 
viii-424  pp.     London:     Eveleigh  Nash.     1913. 

Proceedings  of  the  Most  Worshipful  Grand  Lodge  of  An- 
cient Free  and  Accepted  Masons  of  the  Commonwealth  of 
Massachusetts,  for  the  Year  1912.  Quarterly  Communi- 
cations: March  13;  June  12;  September  11;  December 
II  (Annual).  Special  Communications:  January  18; 
April  18;  May  23,  30;  September  26;  October  10;  Novem- 
ber 10.  Stated  Communication:  December  27,  Feast  of  St. 
John  The  Evangelist,  Being  the  One  Hundred  Seventy- 
Ninth  Anniversary.  M.  W.  Everett  C.  Benton,  Grand 
Master.  R.  W.  Thomas  W.  Davis,  Recording  Grand  Sec- 
retary. Ordered  to  be  read  in  all  the  Lodges.  8vo,  323  pp. 
Poole     Printing    Company,    251     Causeway    St.,     Boston. 

1913- 

Paul  Jones,  pp.  104-113. 

A  Naval  History  of  the  American  Revolution.  By  Gardner 
W.  Allen.  In  two  volumes.  8vo,  365;  752  pp.  Boston 
and  New  York:  Houghton,  MifBin  Company,  The  Riv- 
erside Press.     Cambridge.     1913. 

Fanning's  Narrative:  The  Memoirs  of  Nathaniel  Fanning,  an 

Officer  of  the  American  Navy,  1778- 1783.  By  Himself. 
New  York.  1C06,  1808.  4to,  xvii-229  pp.  New  York. 
Reprinted,  William  Abbatt.     1913. 

The  Ships  of  the  United  States  Navy  and  Their  Sponsors, 

1797-1913.  Compiled  by  Edith  Wallace  Benham  (and) 
Anne  Martin  Hall.  8vo,  xxvii-227  pp.  Privately  Printed. 
N.P.     N.D.     (1913.) 

Issued  for  Members  of  the  Society  of  Sponsors  of  the 
United  States  Navy. 


BIBLIOGRAPHY  319 

The   King's   Ships,   together   with   the   Important    Historical 

Episodes  connected  with  tlie  Successive  Ships  of  the 
same  name  from  remote  times,  and  a  list  of  names  and 
services  of  some  ancient  war  vessels.  By  Halton  Stir- 
ling- Lecky,  Lieutenant  Royal  Navy.  With  over  2,500 
Illustrations  from  old  Paintings,  Prints  and  Models, 
Naval  Crests,  Admirals'  Signatures,  Etc.,  Etc.  In  six 
volumes.     4to.     London:  Horace   Muirhead.     1913. 

The  Life  and  Letters  of  John  Paul  Jones.  By  Mrs.  Reginald 
De  Koven.  Illustrated.  8vo,  xvi-478;  vi-513  pp.  New 
York:     Charles    Scribner's   Sons.     1913. 

Review  of  same.     The  Nation,  pp.  56-57,  July  17,  1913. 

Silas  Deane.     A  Connecticut  Leader  in  the  American  Revo- 
lution.    By   George    L.    Clark,    Author   of   "Notions    of  a 
Yankee  Pastor."     8vo,  xiii-287  pp.     G.  P.  Putnam's  Sons, 
New  York  and  London:  The  Knickerbocker  Press.     1913. 
Paul  Jones,  pp.  iii  and  171. 

Our  Navy  in  The  Revolution.     By  Cyrus  Townsend  Brady. 
Literary  Digest,  pp.  477-8.     New  York,  Sept.  20,  1913. 

John  Paul  Jones,  All  Round  College  Man.  By  A.  Munford. 
Outing  Magazine,  Vol.  62,  pp.  715-20.     1913. 

The  Major  Operations  of  the  Navies  in  the  War  of  Ameri- 
can Independence.  By  A.  T.  Mahan,  D.C.L.,  LL.D.,  Cap- 
tain, U.  S.  Navy.  Author  of  "The  Influence  of  Sea 
Power  upon  History,  1660-1783,"  "The  Influence  of  Sea 
Power  upon  the  French  Revolution  and  Empire,  1783- 
1812,"  "The  Relations  of  Sea  Power  to  the  War  of  1812," 
"Navy  Strategy,"  Etc.  With  Portraits,  Maps,  and  Battle 
Plans.  8vo,  xiii-280  pp.  Boston:  Little,  Brown,  and 
Company.     1913. 

John  Paul  Jones,  p.  212. 

Finish  Memorial  for  Paul  Jones.  New  York  Herald,  Janu- 
ary 21,  1913. 

Body  of  John  Paul  Jones  to  Rest  in  $75,000  Crypt  at  An- 
napolis To-day.     New  York  Herald.     January  26,   IQ13. 

Rare  and  Interesting  Autograph  Letters,  signed  Documents 
and   Manuscripts.     (Catalogue)    No.  320.     Jan.-Feb.    1914. 


320  PAUL  JONES 

For  sale  by  Maggs  Brothers,  Dealers  in  Fine  and  Rare 
Books,  Prints  and  Autographs.  109,  Strand,  London,  W. 
C,  England. 

Gives  part  of  text  of  important  letter  from  Paul  Jones 
to  Joseph  Hewes,  pp.  93-94. 

Franklin  and  his  Press  at  Passy.  An  Account  of  the  Books, 
Pamphlets,  and  Leaflets  Printed  There,  including  the 
Long  Lost  Bagatelles.  By  Luther  S.  Livingston.  8vo, 
xii-216  pp.     New  York:     The  Grolier  Club.     1914. 

Edition  of  300  copies  on  Van  Gelder  paper  and  three 
on  English  hand-made  paper. 

Contains  a  fac-simile  of  the  Broadside  "Supplement 
To  the  Boston  Chronicle,  London,  March  12,  1782,"  with 
the  letter  of  Paul  Jones  resenting  the  charge  that  he  was 
a  "pirate." 

Rare  and  Interesting  Autograph  Letters,  Signed  Documents 

and  Manuscripts.  (Catalogue)  No.  322.  March-April. 
1914.  4to,  108  pp.  Maggs  Bros.,  109  Strand,  London, 
W.  C,  England. 

Letter  from  Paul  Jones,  L'Orient,  Aug.  24,  1785,  to 
Thomas  Jefferson,  page  53,  and  description  of  Dupre 
Medal,  page  54. 

George  Hamilton  Perkins,  Commodore,  U.S.N.  His  life  and 
Letters.  By  Carroll  Storrs  Alden.,  PH.D.  Instructor 
in  English,  U.  S.  Naval  Academy.  With  Portraits  and 
other  Illustrations.  Cr.  8vo,  xii-302  pp.  Boston  and 
New  York:  Houghton,  Mifflin  Company.  The  Riverside 
Press.  Cambridge.  1914. 
Paul  Jones,  p.   13. 

Proceedings  of  the  Most  V/orshipful  Grand  Lodge  of  An- 
cient Free  and  Accepted  Masons  of  the  Commonwealth 
of  Massachusetts,  for  the  Year  1913.  Quarterly  Com- 
munication: March  12;  June  11;  September  10;  Decem- 
ber 10  (Annual).  Special  Communication:  January  18, 
19,  28;  May  I,  2"];  June  14;  July  i,  8;  September  12,  29; 
October  13;  November  23.  Stated  Communication:  De- 
cember 30,  Feast  of  St.  John  the  Evangelist,  Being  the 
One  Hundred  Eightieth  Anniversary.  M.  W.  Everett 
C.  Benton,  Grand  Master.  R.  W.  Thomas  W.  Davis, 
Recording    Grand    Secretary.     Ordered   to   be   read   in    all 


BIBLIOGRAPHY  321 

the  Lodges.     8vo.  391  pp.     Poole  Printing  Company,  241 
Causeway  St.,  Boston.     1914. 
Paul  Jones,  p.  108-16. 

The  Life  of  Catherine  the  Great  of  Russia.     By  E.  A.  Bag- 
ley    Hodgetts.      With    sixteen    Illustrations.      Svo,    ix-335 
pp.     New    York:     Brentano's.     1914. 
Paul  Jones,  p.  286. 

Autograph  Letters,  Manuscripts,  Etc.  (Catalogue)  No. 
326.  March-June,  1914.  4to,  160  pp.  Maggs  Bros.,  109 
Strand,   London,   W.   C.    England. 

Letter  from  Paul  Jones  to  Thomas  Jefferson, 
L'Orient,  July  29,  1785,  two  autograph  certificates  of  safe 
conduct  issued  to  British  seamen,  1776. 

Autograph  Letters,  Manuscripts,  Etc.  (Catalogue)  No. 
328.  July-Aug.,  1914.  4to,  96  pages.  Maggs  Bros.,  109 
Strand,  London,  W.  C.     England. 

Letter  from  Paul  Jones  to  Thomas  Jefferson,  L'Orient, 
July  31,  1785,  page  44  and  plate  xiv. 

Autograph  Letters,  Manuscripts,  Etc.  (Catalogue)  No. 
232.  Christmas,  1914.  Sm.  4to,  96  pp.  Maggs  Bros.,  109 
Strand,  London,  W.  C.     England. 

Two  autograph  letters  from  Paul  Jones  to  the  Count 
de  Bernstorff  at  Cofvenhagen,  March  23-24,  1788.  Signed 
duplicate  copies  sent  by  Jones  to  Thomas  Jefferson,  then 
U.  S.  Minister  to  France,  pp.  53-54- 

Catalogue  of  Americana:  Including  some  important  auto- 
graph Letters  of  American  Literary  Men,  Statesmen,  Etc. 
For  sale  by  Walter  M.  Hill,  831-835,  Marshall  Field 
Building,  22  East  Washington  Street,  Chicago.  i2mo, 
60  pp.     (Chicago,  January  1915.     No.  86.) 

Includes  extracts  from  live  Paul  Jones  letters  and 
memoranda,  pp.  56-57. 

Paull-Irwin.  A  Family  Sketch,  By  Elisabeth  Maxwell 
Paull. 

"The  old,  old  Years,  that  did  not  stay. 
Have  hallowed  grown  since  they  passed  away." 
Svo,  viii-198  pp.     Privately   Printed.     I9IS- 
John   Paul  Jones,  pp.   1-21. 


322  PAUL  JONES 

"The  Trident  of  Neptune  is  the   Sceptre   of  the   World"— 

John  Adams.  Captain  John  Manley.  Second  in  Rank  in 
the  United  States  Navy.  1776-1783.  By  Isaac  J.  Green- 
wood. 8vo,  XXX-174  PP-  The  De  Vinne  Press.  New 
York.     1915. 

Contains  Capt.  Manley's  notice  to  Paul  Jones  to  at- 
tend a  Marine  Court  Martial. 

The   Large  and  Important   Library  of  John  E.   Burton,   of 

Milwaukee,  Wis.  (Catalogue)  No.  1174.  Part  IV. 
Miscellaneous  Division.  8vo,  no  pp.  The  Anderson 
Galleries,  Incorporated.  Madison  Avenue  and  Fortieth 
Street.     New  York.     N.D.     (1915.) 

List  of  Paul  Jones  relics  from  the  Hyslop  Collection, 
P-  13- 

Library  of  the  Late  Adrian  H.  Joline.  (Catalogue)  No. 
1 132.  Part  III.  American  Autographs.  To  be  sold 
February  23  and  24,  1915.  Bvo,  64-(i)  pp.  The  Ander- 
son Auction  Company,  Madison  Avenue  at  Fortieth 
Street.     New  York.     N.D.      ;I9I5) 

Item  137,  Ms.  of  J.  F.  Cooper's  "Life  of  Richard  Dale" 
including  the  battle  with  the  "Serapis";  item  283,  Ms. 
of  Hazard  Court  Martial  on  Board  "Alfred,"  in  Paul 
Jones'  autograph,  as  first  senior  Lieutenant. 

Smugglers    of    the    Yorkshire     Coast.     By     Walter     Wood. 
Harper's    Magazine,    pp.  884-893.     New   York,    May    1915. 
Paul  Jones,  p.  892. 

Autograph  Letters,  Manuscripts,  etc.,  etc.  (Catalogue)  No. 
337-  Whitsun,  1915.  4to,  140  pp.  Maggs  Bros.,  109, 
Strand,  London,  W.  C. 

Letter  from  Paul  Jones  to  Thomas  Jefferson,  Copen- 
hagen, March  18,  1788,  p.  75. 

The     New     International     Encyclopaedia.     Second     Edition. 
Vol.  XII.     New  York:     Dodd,  Mead  &  Co.     1915. 
John   Paul  Jones,  p.  768. 

Ten  Great  Adventurers.  By  Kate  Dickinson  Sweetser. 
Author  of  "Book  of  Indian  Braves,"  etc.  Illustrated  by 
George  Alfred  Williams.  8vo,  280  pp.  Harper  and 
Brothers,    Publishers,     New    York    and     London.       N.D. 

(1915.) 

John    Paul   Jones,   pp.   209-233. 


BIBLIOGRAPHY  323 

Letters   and    Papers   Relating    to    the    Cruises    of    Gustavus 

Conyngham,    a    Captain   of   the    Continental    Navy.     1777- 
1779.     Edited    by    Robert     Wilden     Neeser.     8vo,    liii-241 
pp.     New  York:     Printed  for  the  Naval   History  Society 
by  the  De  Vinne  Press.     MDCCCCXV. 
Paul  Jones,  pp.  11,  167,  190,  192. 

American  Historical  Liars.  By  Albert  Bushnell  Hart,  Har- 
per's Magazine,  pages  726-735.     New  York,  October,  1915. 

Paul  Jones,   pp.   734-5. 

Reply  to  above  by  "D.  C.  S.,"  Editorial  Page,  New 
York  World.     Oct.  30,  19I5- 

Our  Sea  Forces  in  The  Revolution.     (No.   i   of  a  series  of 
Five    Pamphlets    published    by    The    American     History 
League.     Edgar  S.   Maclay,   Secretary.)     4to,  32  pp.,  pic- 
torial covers.     (Greenlawn,  L.  I.,  N.  Y.,  October,  1915.) 
Paul  Jones,  p.  15. 

American   Aphorisms.       By   Brander   Matthews.        Harper's 
Magazine,  pages  864-868.     New  York,  November,  1915. 
Paul  Jones,  p.  866. 

Autograph  Letters,  Manuscripts,  etc.,  etc.  (Catalogue)  No. 
340.  Nov.-Dec.-i9i5.  4to,  148  pp.  Maggs  Bros.,  109 
Strand,  London,  W.  C. 

Letter  from  Paul  Jones  to  Hogstead  Hacker,  Esq., 
Comm.  of  the  Sloop  of  War  "Providence,"  p.  78. 

The  Cost  of  Unpreparedness.  The  World's  Work,  pages  32- 
48.     New  York,  November,  1915. 

Picture  of  the  "Serapis"  fight,  p.  39. 

The  Stars  and  Stripes.  A  History  of  the  United  States  Flag. 
Our  National  and  State  Laws  are  based  on  the  Consti- 
tution and  the  Flag  is  the  Symbol.  By  Charles  W.  Stew- 
art, Superintendent  Library  and  Naval  War  Records. 
8vo,    89    pp.     Boston,     Mass.     Boylston    Publishing    Co. 

191S. 

Paul  Jones,  p.  24-25. 

The     American    Books.     The    American    Navy.     By    Rear- 

Admiral    French    E.    Chadwick.       (U.    S.     N..     Retired.) 
i2mo,    x-284    pp.     Garden     City-New    York.     Doubleday, 
Page  &  Company.     1915. 
Mentions  Paul  Jones. 


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Catalogue  of  the  Books,  Manuscripts  and  Prints  and  other 

Memorabilia  in  the  John  S.  Barnes  Memorial  Library  of 
the  Naval  History  Society.  Roy.  8vo,  377-(i)-pp.  Naval 
History  Society,  New  York.     1915. 

Autograph  Letters,  Manuscripts,  etc.  (Catalogue)  No.  343. 
Spring,  1916.  4to,  144  pp.  Maggs  Bros.,  109,  Strand, 
London,  W.  C.     N.D.     (1916.) 

Letter  to  Jefiferson  and  description  of  Congressional 
Medal,  1779,  page  74.  Jefferson  letter  makes  mention  of 
Mme.  Thelison. 

Beautiful  Bindings,  Rare  and  Fine  Books,  Autograph  Let- 
ters, Valuable  Manuscripts,  Duplicates  and  Selections 
consigned  for  Public  sale  by  Mr.  Henry  E.  Huntington, 
Mr.  William  K.  Bixby  and  the  Estate  of  Mr.  E.  Dwight 
Church.  8vo,  177  pp.  (Catalogue)  The  Anderson  Gal- 
leries,  New^  York.     (March  29-31,   1916.) 

Excerpts  from  letter  of  Paul  Jones  to  John  Brown, 
Secretary  of  the  Admiralty  regarding  the  building  of  the 
"America,"  page  96. 

John  Paul  Jones.     By  Lewis   Frank  Tooker. 

"The  strength  of  the  sea  has  strengthened  thy  hand. 
The  heart  of  the  sea  is  thy  heart; 
It  has  bound  thee  in  chains,  it  has  set  thee  apart, 
An  alien  to  be  to  the  land." 
Illustrated.     i2mo,     vi-210     pp.     New     York:     Macmillan 
Company.     19 16. 

Autograph  Collection  of  the  late  Howard  K.  Sanderson,  of 

Boston.  Including,  with  one  exception,  a  complete  set  of 
the  Signers  of  the  Declaration  of  Independence,  and 
under  a  separate  alphabet  additional  important  auto- 
graphs of  the  highest  interest  to  American  collectors 
from  various  consignors,  to  be  sold  May  i,  2  and  3,  1916. 
8vo,  109  pp.  (Catalogue)  No.  1224.  The  Anderson  Gal- 
leries, Madison  Avenue  at  Fortieth  Street,  New  York. 
N.D.     (1916.) 

Item  482,  page  65  and  facsimile  frontispiece.  Letter 
to  the  Danish  Prime  Minister,  Comte  de  Bernstorff. 

The  American  Flag.     i8mo,   39  pp.     The   Liberty   National 
Bank  of  New  York.     N.D.     (1916.) 
Paul  Jones,  page  8. 


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The   Nutmeg    Coast.      By    Winfield    M.   Thompson.     Pages 
481-4QI,  Harper's  Magazine,  New  York,  September,  1916. 
Paul  Jones,  p.  491. 

F.   R.    Halsey's   Collections   of   Prints   &   Engravings.     The 

Nation.     New  York,  November  9,   1916. 

Autograph    Letters,    Signed    Documents    and    Manuscripts, 

For  sale  by  Maggs  Brothers.  (Catalogue)  No.  359.  Sm. 
4to,  152  pp.  Maggs  Bros.,  109,  Strand,  London,  W.  C. 
1916. 

Letter  from  Jones  to  Thomas  Jefferson,  concerning 
the  troubles  on  the  "Alliance"  and  draft  of  a  certificate  to 
certain  British  seamen,  liberated  by  him,  page  70. 

Autograph  Letters  and  Lincolniana.  To  be  sold  Monday 
and  Tuesday,  November  13  and  14,  1916.  (Catalogue) 
No.  1248.  Svo,  121  pp.  The  Amderson  Auction  Co.,  Inc. 
New  York.     (1916.) 

Letter   of   Paul   Jones   to   Thomas   Jefferson,   page    12. 

"This    Country    of    Ours."      National    Hand    Book.     Svo,    67 
pages.     Compiled  by  M.  V.  Dolan,  Albany,  N.  Y.     Price 
SO  cents.     N.P.     N.D.      (Albany,    1916.) 
Paul  Jones,  p.  63. 

A    Catalogue    of    Inexpensive    Sets    of    Books    by    Standard 

Authors.  Sm.  4to,  57-(4)  pp.  E.  P.  Button  and  Com- 
pany, 681  Fifth  Avenue,  New  York.     N.D.     (1916.) 

Letter  of  Paul  Jones  to  Thomas  Jefferson,  page  2  of 
addenda. 

Autograph  Letters,  Manuscripts,  etc.  (Catalogue)  No.  352. 
Christmas,  1916.  Sm.  4to,  128  pages.  Maggs  Bros.,  109, 
Strand,   London,  W.  C. 

Letter   to   Thomas   Jefferson,   Paris,    March   3,    1786. 

Daring  Deeds  of  Famous  Pirates.  True  stories  of  the  Stir- 
ring Adventures,  Bravery  and  Resource  of  Pirates,  Fili- 
busters &  Buccaneers.  By  Lieut.  E.  Keble  Chatterton, 
R.  N.  V.  R.,  B.  A.  (Oxon.),  Author  of  "The  Romance  of 
the  Ship,  Fore  and  Aft,"  "Sailing  Ships  and  Their  Story," 
&c.  &c.  &c.  With  Illustrations  in  Colors.  Svo,  246-(l) 
pages.  London:  Seeley,  Service  &  Co.,  Limited,  38  Great 
Russell  Street.     1917- 


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Issued     also     by     The     J.     B.     Lippincott     Company, 
Philadelphia.     1917. 

Paul  Jones,  pp.  196-209. 

Letters  to   Mrs.   Sarah  Josepha   Hale  and  Maj.-Gen.   David 

Hunger  and  other  rare  autographs.  To  be  sold  Thurs- 
day and  Friday,  January  25  and  26,  1917.  8vo,  83-(2) 
pages.  (Catalogue)  The  Anderson  Galleries,  Madison 
Avenue  at  Fortieth  Street.     New  York.     N.D.     (1917.) 

Letter  of  Col.  Charles  Pettit,  Feb.,  1781,  noting  Jones' 
arrival   in    France   with    "a   mutinous    crew."      Page   34. 

The  Frederick  B.  McGuire  Collection  of  Historical  Auto- 
graphs, mainly  the  correspondence  of  President  Madison. 
8vo,  unnumbered.  (New  York.  [Catalogue]  The  Ameri- 
can Art  Galleries,  Feb.  26,  1917.) 

Letter  from  Paul  Jones  dated  Texel,  Dec.  13,  1779,  to 
L  De  Neufville  &  Fils,  with  historical  note. 

Rare  Autographs  from  the  Collections  of  Mr.  J,  L.  Claw- 
son,  of  Buffalo,  and  Mrs.  B.  A.  Brown,  of  New  York. 
To  be  sold  Monday,  March  26,  1917.  Catalogue,  No. 
1280.  8vo.  87  pages.  The  Anderson  Galleries,  Inc.  New 
York.     (1917.) 

Letter  of  Paul  Jones  to  Thomas  Jefferson  concerning 
his  bust  by  Houdon,  pp.  13-14. 

The  Life  and  Times  of  David  Humphreys..  Soldier — States- 
man— Poet.  "Belov'd  of  Washington."  By  Frank  Lan- 
don  Humphreys.  In  Two  Volumes.  Illustrated.  8vo, 
xii-451,  vi-506  pages.  G.  P.  Putnam's  Sons.  New  York 
and  London.  The  Knickerbocker  Press.  1917. 
Paul  Jones,  Vol.  II,  pages  152,   160,  307. 

With  Americans  of  Past  and  Present  Days.     By  J.  J.  Jus- 

serand.  Ambassador  of  France  to  the  United  States.    8vo, 
ix-350  pp.     New  York:     Charles  Scribner's  Sons.     1917. 
Paul  Jones,  p.  314. 

Paul  Jones,  the  Bold  Privateer.  i6mo,  pictorial  cover.  New 
York:    N.D. 

A  rare  Paul  Jones  item. 

Rare  Books,  Including  Selections  from  the  Library  of  Miss 
M.  J.  Meacham.     To  be  sold  March   19,  20,  and  21,  1917. 


BIBLIOGRAPHY  327 

(Catalogue')  No.  1289.  8vo,  201  pages.  The  Anderson 
Galleries,  New  York.     U.  S.  A.     N.D.     (1017). 

Paul  Jones  Medallions  and  Lock  of  Paul  Jones'  hair. 
Page   128. 

Captain  Paul  Jones.  Poem.  By  C.  Fox  Smith.  P.  671,  The 
London  Spectator,  June   16,   1917. 

"Paul  Jones'  Victory"  and  "Adam  and  Eve"  song  sheet,  i 
page.     N.D.     N.P. 

The  Sea:  Its  Stirring  Story  of  Adventure,  Peril  &  Heroism. 
By  F.  Whymper,  author  of  "Travels  in  Alaska,"  etc.  Illus- 
trated. Four  volumes,  4to,  vi-320;  vi-320;  viii-320; 
viii-320  pp.  Cassell,  Petter,  Galpin  &  Co.:  London, 
Paris  &  New  York.  (All  Rights  Reserved)  N.D. 
Paul  Jones,  Vol.  3,  pp.   71-78.     Portrait,  p.   "]"]. 

The  Life  and  Adventures  of  Paul  Jones,  The  English  Pirate. 

The  Juvenile  Library,  No.  4.  Or,  Girls'  and  Boys'  Story 
Teller.  i6mo,  12  pp.  London:  Published  by  E.  Lloyd, 
62  Broad  Street,  Holborn,  two  doors  from  Drury  Lane. 
Of  whom  may  be  had  a  great  number  of  Childrens' 
Books,  Song  Books,  Penny  Valentines,  Memorandum 
Books,  &c.,  &c.     N.D. 

Select  Biography;  Containing  Instructive  and  Entertaining 
Accounts  of  the  Lives,  Characters,  and  Actions  of  the 
most  Eminent  Persons  of  all  Ages  and  all  Countries.  By 
the  Editor  of  the  History  of  Northumberland,  Assisted 
by  several  Literary  Gentlemen.  Vol.  II,  8vo,  735  pp. 
Newcastle  upon  Tyne,  Printed  and  Published  by  Mac- 
kenzie and  Dent,  St.  Nicholas  Church-Yard.  N.D. 
Paul  Jones,  pp.  229-245. 

Edinburgh  Encyclopaedia.  The  account  of  Jones  written  by 
Dr.  Duncan,  of  Dumfries  from  data  obtained  direct  from 
Mrs.  Lowden,  sister  of  Paul  Jones. 


S.  S,  North  Carolina 
d  First  Naval  Hero       \ 

e  first  battleship  ever  named  fo? 
h  Carolina  will  be  launched  in  New 
;  Thursday  and  will  oe  christened 
\Aiss  Isabel  Hoey,  daughter  of  the 
irnor.  The  Governor,  loo.  will  par- 
ate,  making  the  launching  addrfcijs. 
hich  is  pleasing  in  that  it's  a  long 
between  battleships  named  for 
h  Carolina.  Once  there  was  a  cruis- 
amed  for  the  State,  but  it  was 
jped — probably  as  a  result  of  one 
lose  idealistic  disarmament  trea- 
foisted  upon  us  by  wily  European 
•mats, 
oking  backward  into  naval  history, 

noted  that  a  foster  son  of  North 
lina,  one  John  Paul  Jones,  was 
irica's  first  naval  hero.  Tn  command 
le  "Ranger"  during  the  Revolution- 
;var,  he  directed  the  last  "invasion" 
ngland  when,  in  April,  1778,  he  sur- 
d  the  garrisons  of  two  forts  corn- 
ding  the  harbor  of  Whitehaven, 
;d  the  guns  and  made  an  unsuc- 
'ul  attempt  to  fire  the  shipping, 
nes  was  one  of  those  persons  who 
eciated  a  good  State  when  he  saw 
Born  in  the  parish  of  Kirbean  and 
stewardry  of  Kirkcudbright,  Scot- 
,  he  began  life  under  the  name  of 
I  Paul.  After  a  successful  career  as 
p  captain  he  settled  in  North  Caro- 

Down  on  his  luck,  he  was  be- 
ded  by  our  own  Willie  Jones,  a^id 
ted  his  surname  in  appreciation 

historically  speaking,  North  Caro- 
ls certainly  due  a  battleship! 


